There are two limud zchus’ for that. One it was a matter of ????? ??????? (and B”H a successful one at that) which the Gemorah (Bava Basra 8b) calls a “Mitzvah Rabba” and Shulchan Aruch (YD 252:3) says delaying their freeing by even a moment is tantamount to murder and Rambam (Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Matanos Aniyim 8:10-11) says that there is no greater mitzvah than ????? ???????. So clearly that reason alone is enough. Additionally the elected position in question wasn’t an executive one but rather a legislative one, where the position was one Senator out of 100 and not able to exert authority by herself, thus the issur of a woman holding a position of parnas/serara (which is the crux of the issur) may have been less relevant. So that example doesn’t change the facts or prove anything claimed, considering the extenuating circumstances given – especially in the first reason.
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