And she has, like many recent female candidates, run a small business.

I can think of no other female candidate at the moment.

So why should we ask a female candidate that question?

Should a female candidate win in every possible race, the 103d Congress would still be 80 percent male.

Further it was decided that of the 100 students taken, 5 were to be female candidates.

Just the title of the office was usually enough to turn off female candidates.

She was the only female candidate in the race, but lost nonetheless.

Of course, not all female candidates themselves chose to support other women.

So far, she said, the program has donated more than $200,000 to female candidates.

Would you be willing to vote for a female presidential candidate in 2008?