{"id":746,"date":"2020-08-09T20:03:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T02:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natalie-murdock.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2020-08-09T20:03:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T02:03:40","slug":"a-long-time-coming-nc-sen-natalie-murdock-tells-us-why-bidens-choice-for-vp-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natalie-murdock.com\/a-long-time-coming-nc-sen-natalie-murdock-tells-us-why-bidens-choice-for-vp-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Long Time Coming\u2019: NC Sen. Natalie Murdock Tells Us Why Biden\u2019s Choice for VP Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Senator says it would \u201cshape a future generation of Black girls\u201d if Biden chooses a Black woman.<\/h2>\n<p><em>This is Part 1 of a Cardinal &amp; Pine series, in which influential Black women leaders in NC talk about the possibility of a Black woman vice president.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalpine.com\/story\/black-women-make-up-most-of-bidens-vp-shortlist-we-talked-to-black-women-leaders-in-nc-about-why-that-matters-part-2-of-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\">Read Part 2 here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of the leading candidates to be presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden\u2019s running mate, more than half are women of color, according to several outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The pool includes notable lawmakers like California Sen. Kamala Harris and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, as well as New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Florida Rep. Val Demings, California Rep. Karen Bass, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and former national security advisor Susan Rice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cardinal &amp; Pine<\/em>\u00a0wanted to know what that meant to some of NC\u2019s most influential women of color, so we asked.<\/p>\n<p>Our first interview was with state Sen. Natalie Murdock. When she was elected in April, Murdock was the first Black woman under 40 to be elected to the state senate.\u00a0 She takes over a seat that has a rich history in NC\u2019s civil rights movement. Her predecessor, attorney Floyd McKissick, is the son of a civil rights icon in Durham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalpine.com\/story\/why-vp-matters-part-1-of-4-half-of-bidens-vp-candidates-are-women-of-color-leading-women-of-color-in-nc-tell-us-why-that-matters\/\">[Read more here on Cardinal &amp; Pine.]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator says it would \u201cshape a future generation of Black girls\u201d if Biden chooses a Black woman. This is Part 1 of a Cardinal &amp; Pine series, in which influential Black women leaders in NC talk about the possibility of a Black woman vice president.\u00a0Read Part 2 here. 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