Past Candidate and Election Information

CAWP Candidate Databases

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database (1990-2022)
• CAWP Statewide Women Candidates Database (2000-2023)
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database (1992-2023)
• CAWP Women Congressional and Statewide Candidates Database Codebook (PDF)
• CAWP Women State Legislative Nominees Database Codebook(PDF) 
   

Trends over Time for Women Candidates

• Across Levels
  • Summary of Women Candidates for Selected Offices 1970-Present
  • Women Candidates: Records for Major Party Nominations 
  • Woman versus Woman: Congressional and Gubernatorial Races
• Congress
  • Women Nominees for U.S. Congress by State and Year 1990-2022
  • U.S. Senate Candidates, Nominees, and Winners by Seat Status and Party 1976-2022
  • U.S. House Candidates, Nominees, and Winners by Seat Status and Party 1976-2022
• Statewide Elective Executive
  • Women Candidates for Governor 1974-2022
• State Legislature
  • Women General Election Candidates and Winners for State Legislatures by State 2000-2022
  • State Legislative Women Nominees and Winners by Seat Status and Party 1992-2022

Year-by-Year Candidates and Election Results (1990-2023)

• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
• 1994
• 1993
• 1992
• 1990

 

For additional analyses of previous elections, see CAWP’s election analysis blog, research briefs, and social media.

2023 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2023 
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2023 

Press Releases

• Results from the 2023 Elections

2022 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2022
• CAWP Statewide Women Candidates Database, 2022
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2022
• Summary of 2022 Women Candidates
• Rebound Candidates: Women Who Ran in 2020 and lost but ran again in 2022

Analysis

• Women in Election 2022: Marking Midterm Progress
• Election Analysis on 2022 Elections
• Women as a Percentage of 2022 Major-Party Candidates and Nominees
• Redistricting Effects on Women Congressional Incumbents
• Election 2022: Potential Milestones and Firsts

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• New Records for Women in State Legislatures
  November 29, 2022
• New Records for Women in the U.S. Congress and House
  November 23, 2022
• New Record for Women Governors and Other Preliminary Results for Women Congressional and Statewide Executive Candidates in Election 2022
  November 9, 2022

2021 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2021
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2021

Press Releases

• Results from the 2021 Elections

2020 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2020
• CAWP Statewide Women Candidates Database, 2020
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2020
• Summary of 2020 Women Candidates
• Rebound Candidates: Women Who Ran in 2018 and lost but ran again in 2020

Analysis

• Tracking Gender in the 2020 Presidential Election
• Presidential Gender Watch
• 2020 Presidential Gender Gap Poll Tracker
• Comparison of 2020 Election Surveys
• Election Analysis on 2020 Elections
• Women as a Percentage of 2020 Major-Party Candidates and Nominees

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Women Voters are Key to Biden Victory, Election of First Woman Vice President (PDF)
  November 19, 2020
• Record Number of Women of Color to Serve in the U.S. Congress (PDF)
  November 12, 2020
• CAWP Statement on Kamala Harris Becoming First Woman and First Women of Color Elected to Vice President (PDF)
  November 9, 2020
• Record Number of Women to Serve in the 117th U.S. Congress (PDF)
  November 5, 2020
• New Record for All Woman Congressional Contests (PDF)
  August 5, 2020
• New Records for Women of Color Congressional Candidates in 2020 Elections (PDF)
  August 5, 2020

2019 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2019
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2019

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Updated State Rankings and Final Results in 2019 Elections (PDF)
  December 19, 2019

2018 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2018
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2018
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2018

Analysis

• Unfinished Business: Women Running in 2018 and Beyond

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Results: Record Number of Women Elected to State Legislatures Nationwide (PDF)
  January 8, 2019
• Results: Women Candidates in the 2018 Elections (PDF)
  January 2, 2019
• Women Voters and the 2018 Midterms (PDF)
  November 8, 2018
• Women Voters Propel Democratic Takeover of U.S. House of Representatives; Large Gender Gaps Apparent in Most 2018 Senate and Gubernatorial Races (PDF)
  November 8, 2018
• Women Make Strides in State-Level Primaries in 2018 (PDF)
  September 17, 2018
• Record Number of Women of Color Nominated for U.S. House Seats (PDF)
  September 13, 2018
• Another Record Falls: Women Secure Highest Number of State Legislative Nominations in History (PDF)
  August 22, 2018
• Record Number of General Election Races for U.S. Congress Feature Two Women Candidates (PDF)
  August 16, 2018
• Record Number of Women Nominated for U.S. Senate in 2018 (PDF)
  August 15, 2018
• Record Number of Women Nominated for Governor and U.S. House in 2018 (PDF)
  August 8, 2018
   

2017 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2017
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2017

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Big Gains for Virginia Democratic Women; New Jersey Elects Nation’s First Black Democratic Woman Lieutenant Governor (PDF)
   December 19, 2017
• Record Number of Women Freeholders Will Serve in 2018 (PDF)
  November 17, 2017
    

2016 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2016
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2016
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2016

Analysis

• Finding Gender in Election 2016: Lessons from Presidential Gender Watch (PDF)

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• For Women in State Legislatures and Statewide Offices, Not Much Change (PDF)
  November 22, 2016
• Popular Vote Proves Americans Will Vote for a Woman President (PDF)
  November 11, 2016
• Historic Gender Gap Isn’t Enough to Propel Clinton to Victory in 2016 Presidential Race (PDF)
  November 10, 2016
• Gender Gaps in Voting Evident Across All 2016 U.S. Senate Races (PDF)
  November 10, 2016
• No Breakthrough at Top of Ticket, But Women of Color Gain in Congress (PDF)
  November 9, 2016
• Number of Women Seeking State Legislative Seats in 2016 Edges to New High (PDF)
  November 3, 2016
• Outlook for Women in Senate and House: Not Much Change in Numbers, a Few Likely Landmarks, and Continuing Underrepresentation of GOP Women (PDF)
  October 28, 2016
• Big Story for Women’s Political Progress is Top of Ticket (PDF)
  September 15, 2016
   

2015 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2015
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2015

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Mixed Results for Women in 2015 Elections (PDF)
   November 4, 2015, Updated 11/22/15
   

2014 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2014
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2014
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2014

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Not a Landmark Year for Women, Despite Some Notable Firsts
   November 5, 2014, Updated 12/16/14
• Gender Gaps Apparent in Almost All 2014 Senate and Gubernatorial Races
   November 6, 2014
   

2013 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2013
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2013

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Record Number of Women to Serve in Congress; Massachusetts Special Election Winner Brings Total to 99
  December 11, 2013
• Vermont House Women Constitute a Majority of the Majority: Third Time in History of State Legislatures
  November 11, 2013
• Women Make Minimal Gains in State Legislatures; No New Women Governors; Minneapolis Likely to Have New Woman Mayor
  November 6, 2013
• Two Women Top NJ Democratic Ticket Only Third Time in U.S. History that Women Have Shared Ticket for Governor, Lieutenant Governor
  July 26, 2013
• Opportunity Knocks for NJ Women in State Elections Record Number of Women will Vie for Legislative Seats First Democratic Woman Nominated for Governor
  June 5, 2013, Updated June 17, 2013
   

2012 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2012
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2012
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2012

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Women's Votes Critical to Democrats Retaining Control of the U. S. Senate
  November 9, 2012
• Women's Votes Decisive in 2012 Presidential Race
  November 7, 2012
• Record Number of Women Will Serve in Congress; New Hampshire Elects Women to All Top Posts
  November 7, 2012, Updated November 17, 2012
• Gender Gap Evident in all 2012 Gubernatorial Races
  November 9, 2012
   

2011 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2011
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2011

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• After Legislative Elections in Four States, Number of Women Remains Stuck; Women Edge Upward in Statewide Offices; Women of Color Gain in NJ
  November 9, 2011
• Record Number of Women Seek NJ State Legislature Seats; Four Other States Will Also Hold 2011 State Elections
  September 20, 2011, Updated September 28, 2011
   

2010 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2010
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2010
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2010

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Women Voters Less Likely Than Men to Support Republican Women Candidates; Gender Gap Remains a Force in Election 2010 (PDF)
  October 25, 2010
• Republican Women Follow National Winning Pattern: Newcomers Take Many House Races, But Only One New Senate Seat, Three New Governors; Many Democratic House Incumbents Fall (PDF)
  November 3, 2010, Updated November 23, 2010
• Gender Gap Widespread in 2010 Elections: Women Less Likely than Men to Support Republican Candidates (PDF)
  November 4, 2010
• Year of the Republican Woman? Yes and No: Women Candidates in the 2010 General Elections (PDF)
  September 20, 2010, Updated September 27, 2010
   

2009 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2009
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2009

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• NJ Elects Woman as First Lt. Gov., But Women Lose Ground in Legislature; Women Inch Upward in VA Legislature; Women Mayoral Candidates in Run-Offs in Atlanta, Houston (PDF)
  November 4, 2009
• Statewide Races in NJ and VA Create Opportunities for Women (PDF)
  July 23, 2009, Updated July 27, 2009
   

2008 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2008
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2008
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2008

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Super Tuesday: Proportions of Men and Women Voting for Hillary Clinton (PDF)
  February 5, 2008
• Record Numbers of Women to Serve in Senate and House (PDF)
  November 5, 2008, Updated December 8, 2008
• Women Achieve Record Numbers in State Legislatures, Advance in Statewide Offices; Republican Women See Setbacks at Both Levels (PDF)
  November 11, 2008
• Gender Gap Evident in the 2008 Election: Women, Unlike Men, Show Clear Preference for Obama over McCain (PDF)
  November 5, 2008
• Election 2008: Women Candidate Numbers Down from Recent Records (PDF)
  October 6, 2008, Updated October 28, 2008
   

2007 Elections 

Candidate lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2007
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2007

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• NJ Elects Record Number of Women (PDF) 
  November 7, 2007
• Record Number of Women Will Vie for NJ Legislative Seats (PDF) 
  September 17, 2007
   

2006 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2006
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2006
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2006

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• State Legislative Increase for Women, While Statewide Numbers Decline (PDF)
  November 27, 2006
• Exit Poll Analysis: Women's Vote Pivotal in Shifting Control of US Senate to Democrats (PDF)
  November 9, 2006
• Election Results Show Advances in Women (PDF)
  November 8, 2006
• Record Number of Women Run for State Legislatures (PDF)
  Updated December 21, 2006
• Many New Women Expected in U.S. House (PDF)
  November 6, 2006
   

2005 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2005
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2005

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Six Women Newcomers Join NJ Legislature (PDF)
  November 29, 2005
   

2004 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2004
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2004
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2004

Analysis

• The Gender Gap and the 2004 Women’s Vote: Setting the Record Straight (PDF)

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• 8.8 Million More Women Than Men Voted in 2004 Elections (PDF)
  June, 2005
• Record Number of Women Nominees for U.S. House (PDF)
  September 24, 2004, Updated January 4, 2005
• The Gender Gap Persists in 2004 Election (PDF)
  November 5, 2004
• The Gender Gap in 2004 Election Widespread (PDF)
  November 10, 2004
• Women Winners in Congressional and Gubernatorial Office (PDF)
  December 31, 2004
   

2003 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2003
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2003

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see databases.

• Election 2003: Results for Women Candidates (PDF)
  November 16, 2003 
• Fewer Women Running for State Elections than Previous Years (PDF)
  October 27, 2003
   

2002 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2002
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2002
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2002

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Election 2002: Results Summary (PDF)
   

2001 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2001
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2001
   

2000 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 2000
• CAWP Statewide Women Nominees Database, 2000
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 2000

Analysis

• Gender Gap in the 2000 Elections (PDF)

Press Releases*

*For final counts, see summary and databases.

• Election 2000: Results for Women Candidates (PDF)
• Gender Gap in the 2000 Elections (PDF)
• Gender Differences in Voter Turnout in 2000: Battleground States (PDF)

1999 Elections 

Candidate List and Results

• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1999
   

1998 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 1998
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1998
• List of Nominees and Results for Congressional and Statewide Office (PDF)

Analysis

• Gender Gap in the 1998 Elections (PDF)
   

1997 Elections 

Candidate Lists Results

• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1997
   

1996 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 1996
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1996
• List of Nominees and Results for Congressional and Statewide Office (PDF)
   

1995 Elections 

Candidate List and Results

• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1995
   

1994 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 1994
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1994

1993 Elections 

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1993
   

1992 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional  and State Legislative Office

Candidate Lists and Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 1992
• CAWP State Legislative Women Nominees Database, 1992 
   

1990 Elections 

Summary of Women Candidates for Congressional Office

Candidate Lists Results

• CAWP Congressional Women Candidates Database, 1990