. >> newsmakers is pleased to welcome stephanie schriock. let me introduce our two reporters. michael o'brien is with us. and karo -- this year was a record year for the number of female candidates for house and senate, but not in the general election. what you think the dynamic is there? >> it is good news that we have more women running across the country. gender is not an obstacle to leadership in this country. for 25 years, we have worked very hard to make sure that every year is the year of the woman. we have wonderful candidates running for reelection this challengingl as chancello incumbents. we have seen a number of republican women who ran in did not make it through their primaries. that is something to be said about what is happening around the republican party. they are very -- it shows how conservative they have become to get that nomination. that is why we have lost republican women. >> most folks agree that this will be a strong year for republicans. they could possibly win the house and they're hoping for the senate, but that looks less likely. it would seem tha

. >> newsmakers is pleased to welcome the president of emily's list, stephanie schriock. raised thes list has $70 million for candidates synclines 355,000 members for their role is progress of women candidates. michael o'brien is with us and kyle trxad. the statistics suggest this number was a record year for number of the milk candidates for house and senate and tied the record for governors but yet not record numbers moving on to the general election. what is the dynamic? >> it is definitely good news that we have more and more women running for office across the country. it is definitely clear that gender should not and is not an obstacle to leadership in this country. at emily's list, we work hard for 25 years making sure that every year is the year of the woman and we have a lot of wonderful candidates running for reelection this year as well as challenging incumbents around the country. we have seen a number of republican candidates, a number of republican women who ran but did not make it through the primaries. that is something to be said about what is going on in