Article snippet: Amid the sea of signs and rose-colored hats at the New Jersey Women's March in Morristown, Mikie Sherrill, there with her daughter, is one of the latest women to throw her hat into the political ring. She's a Democrat running for New Jersey's 11th District Congressional seat. "Right now we are taking on a fight for the very soul of this country," Sherrill told ABC News. "We’re taking on a fight to protect our values to protect what we think America stands for and we can do this together." The mother of four coaches her kids' soccer and lacrosse teams. She's also a former Navy helicopter pilot and a former federal prosecutor, who decided to run after being disenchanted with the 22-year Republican incumbent, Rodney Frelinghuysen. "Serving my country for my entire adult life, to be here and have a congressperson who wouldn’t meet with his constituents, it offended my sense of democracy," Sherrill said. "I got my campaign started across my kitchen table, I told my husband, 'I think I got to run for Congress,' and he said, 'Yeah, yeah you do.'" So over the weekend, she joined the throngs of women marching worldwide for the second annual Women's March. Since last year, women have moved beyond clever signs and chants. There has been a so-called pink wave, with thousands of women turning their anger into political activism. According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 389 women are running for the U.S. House o... Link to the full article to read more