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    The Wave Of Female Candidates Is Set For A Wave Of Losses, Come November

    A disproportionate number of women running for Congress are running in House districts that are considered pretty safe for the other party to hold, whether Republican or Democrat.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Mar 20, 2018 4 minutes
    At the final session in a six-month political candidate training series called Emerge Virginia, Johanna Shin takes a group photo.

    Lauren Underwood is optimistic about her chances of winning a seat in Congress.

    "This seat is 100 percent at play. It's winnable," the Democratic candidate said of Illinois' 14th Congressional District, which stretches along the western and northern sides of Chicago's outer suburbs.

    Her attitude is maybe unremarkable — every candidate says they're optimistic — except for the fact that the odds are stacked against her. She knows very well that this race is considered a pretty safe bet for the GOP in November — the nonpartisan Cook Political Report lists it as a "likely Republican" win, meaning Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren has an excellent chance of holding

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