德州女性将首次包揽州政府前三要职 汤普森获足够支持出任众议长
德州州11月7日迎来历史性一幕：女性有望首次同时出任州政府前三号职位。州众议员森弗罗尼娅·汤普森11月6日宣布，她已获得足够议员支持，将在明年1月立法会期首日投票时当选众议院议长。本周中期选举中，民主党人吉娜·希诺霍萨当选州长，成为该州首位拉丁裔州长；维基·古德温当选副州长，成为该州首位女性副州长；民主党还拿下众议院多数，这是自2003年以来民主党首次掌控众议院。若汤普森的联盟保持稳固，德州将出现首个全女性“三巨头”—州长、副州长与众议长均为女性。汤普森1972年首次当选州众议员，当时整个州议会仅有两名女性。休斯敦民主党众议员克里斯蒂娜·莫拉莱斯表示，这一刻意义重大。休斯敦大学研究女性从政的政治学者詹妮弗·克拉克指出，三位女性领导人均来自奥斯汀地区，希诺霍萨与古德温代表的选区相邻。汤普森表示，新领导层将致力于降低生活成本、保护就业与扩大经济机会。
（来源：德州论坛报）
Texas Women Poised to Hold State's Top Three Offices for the First Time; Thompson Has Votes for Speaker
Texas is set for a historic first: women are poised to hold the state's top three government posts at the same time. State Representative Senfronia Thompson announced on Nov. 6 that she has secured enough support to be elected Speaker of the House in a vote on the first day of the legislative session next January. In this week's midterm elections, Democrat Gina Hinojosa was elected governor, becoming the state's first Latina governor; Vicky Goodwin was elected lieutenant governor, the state's first woman in that post; and Democrats won a House majority, taking control of the chamber for the first time since 2003. If Thompson's coalition holds, Texas will have its first all-woman top three — governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker. Thompson was first elected to the state House in 1972, when the entire legislature had only two women. Houston Democratic Representative Christina Morales called the moment momentous. Jennifer Clark, a University of Houston political scientist who studies women in politics, noted that all three women leaders come from the Austin area, with Hinojosa and Goodwin representing adjacent districts. Thompson said the new leadership will work to lower the cost of living, protect jobs and expand economic opportunity.
(Source: The Texas Tribune)
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