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What happens when a woman with passion and love for her community challenges the Republican establishment … you get THE FIGHT YOU DON’T SEE. Meet Wendy Davis: a woman who dreamed of running for office since she was a teenager. In 2020, she went from Wendy Davis Ph.D. to Wendy Davis, Democrat candidate for Utah House Little did she know the labyrinth she’d have to navigate: from local media unwilling to cover her campaign and finding a way beyond the barricaded doors of politics to bridging the partisan divide and figuring out how to campaign during a pandemic. And don’t forget the usual sexism and misogyny that comes with politics.
Learn how Wendy stood up to her own party while giving her Republican opponent a run for his money. She ended up having the closest race in all of Utah - just a mere 78 votes away from flipping her red district ...