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General News 11/17/2017 at 7:06 PM EST H3'ed 11/17/17

County board member's 'joke' about the Women's March cost him his seat

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Ashley Bennett was offended by a politician's sexist joke. So she ran for his seat — and won. https://t.co/Ij6ecf5oJT at https://t.co/Ij6ecf5oJT
— Heather Gordon (@HGConsultancy) November 16, 2017

Ashley Bennett, 32, a psychiatric emergency screener from Egg Harbor Township showed up at an Atlantic County Freeholder’s Board meeting to protest misogynistic comments made by board member John Carman mocking the Women’s March, and then decided to run for his seat. She won.

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