Josephine Crawley

Josephine Serrano Crawley (born July 17th, 1428) was a Kinkowan politician, who served as a Kinkow Senator for Alleron, from 1469 to 1489. A member of the Free Party, she previously served in the Kinkow House of Representatives from 1467 to 1469.

Kinkow Senate
Elections

1468 Election
Main Article: 1468 Senate election in Alleron 

Crawley did not seek re-election to the House in 1468, choosing instead to run to replace Freerian Senator Roger Morrison in the Kinkow Senate. She won the Freerian primary with 57.1% of the popular vote. In the general election, Crawley defeated Welfarian Alleron Attorney General Clay Thurlow by 67%-33% of the popular vote. Crawley won 17,493,034 votes, the most votes of any senatorial candidate in history at the time. This record would be surpassed by Alleron Senior Senator, Marianne Hernandez, in 1474.

1472 Election
Crawley did not face a primary challenge in 1472. In the general election, Crawley was challenged by Welfarian State Senator David J. Brandon. Crawley defeated him 66%-34%.

Tenure

Upon being elected to the Kinkow Senate, Crawley was only the fifth woman to be elected to the Kinkow Senate and the second female Senator from Alleron. Throughout her tenure in the Senate, Crawley served with Marianne Hernandez; the first woman elected to the Senate. Hernandez tutored Crawley in the ways of the Senate and the two became founding members of the Hartley Ten group in March 1488.