Bottom line is that if someone wants to run for office, they will. It doesn’t matter what their gender is. Please stop trying to ‘stir the pot’ by leaving out crucial information and twisting it to make it look like a bias exists. - David Jones

In my experience as a Republican Committeeman, I noticed that men far out-numbered the women. The Township organization did not exclude women, because vacancies in the posts always existed and the organization always needed more help with precinct work. Precinct work is just not that attractive to women--and men. After all, they are volunteers who have other pressing duties. - George Kocan

Perhaps women have served in fewer numbers, but they have not had a problem rising to the top! - Suzanne G. Hlotke

There are many cozy patronage-type arrrangements from mayors to police chiefs to developers and business owners-- a woman comes in who wants things to be merit-based, more competitive and fair? Forget it. I have seen people exhaust themselves fighting the system trying to make a difference, but things almost always skew toward te well connected who are scratching each others’ backs. It’s not because women are reluctant to confront the system or can’t handle conflict and ‘rough stuff’. - Fran Dvorak