In Print Today: A Landmark Year for Women?

From today’s print edition (the better-late-than-never version): Although Hillary Clinton did worse than expected in last week’s primary, most of the other women running for statewide office won their races. It started with Beverly Perdue, Kay Hagan and Elizabeth Dole, and continued right on down the ballot. If the trend continues in the general election, 2008 will be a landmark year for women politicians in North Carolina.

... And one of those women politicians is Winston-Salem’s Mary Fant Donnan, who is running for commissioner of labor. Donnan says that her understanding of the struggles of rural workers is spurring her to run for the post. (She was the top vote-getter in last week’s primary by a slim margin and is likely headed for a runoff.) The Journal‘s Lisa Boone has a profile.