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Pelosi wants to ‘increase civility’ in campaigns to elect more women [VIDEO]

Sarah Hofmann Contributor
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Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that the key to electing more women lies in decreasing the amount of money and mudslinging in campaigns.

“What I would like to do, though, is to change the environment in which women have to make decisions,” Pelosi said at a discussion titled “Women 2020: How Women are Reshaping the Economy, Politics and the World,” hosted by the National Journal. “What I would like to see is reduce the roll of money in campaigns, increase the level of civility — I promise you, we will elect more women to office.”

Pelosi has raised over $300 million for the Democratic Party since first assuming a leadership position in the House of Representatives.

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