Within days of Vice President Kamala Harris announcing she would seek the presidency this November, Geri Jannarone said her phone buzzed nonstop from women reaching out to find ways to get involved.
Jannarone is the head of Emerge New Jersey, an organization that aims to increase the number of Democratic women in public office. She said the surge in interest in the race for the White House didn’t just come from politically active women, but also from those who have never labeled themselves as political people, she said.