I conceived this series with a colleague focusing on California women making their first bids for political office — from city hall to Congress. We received 50 responses to an engagement callout from women across the state, built a reporting plan and started a Facebook group all around what we called, “The Long Run.”

Here’s the first post in the series, my radio feature on female candidates who are immigrants, and a conversation between a millennial and a retiree launching their inaugural bids.