By Heather Rae
PAULETTE follows the historic campaign of Paulette Jordan, the first Native American candidate ¨C as well as the first woman -- to win the Idaho Primary for Governor.
PAULETTE is an inspiring short film that follows the historic campaign of the first Native American candidate -- as well as the first woman -- to win the Idaho Primary for Governor.
Coeur d'Alene tribal member Paulette Jordan comes from a long line of ancestral leadership deeply connected to the land of Idaho. The single mother of two ran for Governor in 2018, winning the Democratic Primary by a landslide. A victory in November would have made her the first woman to serve as governor in the state -- and would have marked the first time in U.S. history that a Native American has held the governorship of any state.
Despite a hard-hitting loss in the general election to a conservative Republican male opponent, Jordan's groundbreaking bid for Governor represented a growing movement for Native people, people of color, and women fighting to have a voice and visibility in American politics. Forging ahead and staying true to her path as an Indigenous leader, Paulette Jordan is currently campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate and won Idaho's Democratic primary in June 2020.
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