Election 2017: Women Candidates for U.S. Congress, Statewide Elected Executive, State Legislative Office and Big City Mayors
A Closer Look: Women Running in 2017: Assessing NJ and VA State Legislative Elections
| Special Elections | | NJ Statewide and State Legislature | | VA Statewide and State Legislature | | Mayors of Top 100 Cities |
General Seat Codes: I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed, O/U=Open Unopposed, CP=Challenger in the Primary.
| State | Office | Dist. | Candidate Name & Party |
General Seat |
Election Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Elections | |||||
| UT | |||||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Kathryn Allen (D) | O | Lost | |
| Regular Statewide and State Legislative Elections | ↑↑ | ||||
| NJ | St. Sen. 25 (16D, 9R); St. Assem. 52 (31D, 21R) | ||||
| Gov. | Kimberly M. Guadagno (R) | O | Lost | ||
| Lt. Gov. | Sheila Oliver (D) | O | WON | ||
| St. Sen. | 01 | Mary Gruccio (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 05 | Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 08 | Dawn Marie Addiego (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 10 | Emma L. Mammano (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 11 | Jennifer Beck (R) | I | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 14 | Linda R. Greenstein (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 14 | Ileana Schirmer (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 15 | Shirley K. Turner (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 16 | Laurie Poppe (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 21 | Jill Lazare (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 23 | Christine Lui Chen (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 24 | Jennifer Hamilton (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 25 | Lisa Bhimani (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 29 | M. Teresa Ruiz (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 29 | Maria E. Lopez (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 30 | Amy Sara Cores (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 31 | Sandra B. Cunningham (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 33 | Beth Hamburger (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 34 | Nia Gill (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 35 | Nellie Pou (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 36 | Jeanine Ferrara (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 37 | Loretta Weinberg (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Sen. | 38 | Kelly Langschultz (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 39 | Linda H. Schwager (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Sen. | 40 | Kristin M. Corrado (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 02 | Brenda Taube (R) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 04 | Gabriela M. Mosquera (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 04 | Patricia Jefferson Kline (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 05 | Patricia Egan Jones (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 05 | Teresa L. Gordon (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 06 | Pamela R. Lampitt (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 07 | Carol Murphy (D) | O | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 07 | Octavia Scott (R) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 08 | Joanne Schwartz (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 08 | Maryann Merlino (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 09 | DiAnne C. Gove (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 09 | Jill Dobrowansky (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 11 | Joann Downey (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 13 | Amy Handlin (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 13 | Mariel DiDato (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 13 | Serena DiMaso (R) | O | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 15 | Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 15 | Rimma Yakobovich (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 15 | Emily Rich (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 16 | Donna M. Simon (R) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 17 | Nadine Wilkins (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 18 | Nancy J. Pinkin (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 18 | April Bengivenga (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 19 | Yvonne Lopez (D) | O | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 20 | Annette Quijano (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 21 | Lacey Rzeszowski (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 21 | Nancy F. Munoz (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 23 | Laura Shaw (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 24 | Kate Matteson (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 24 | Gina Trish (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 26 | BettyLou DeCroce (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 27 | Mila M. Jasey (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 28 | Cleopatra G. Tucker (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 28 | Veronica Branch (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 29 | Eliana Pintor Marin (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 29 | Shanique Speight (D) | O | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 29 | Jeanette Veras (R) | O | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 31 | Angela V. McKnight (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 31 | Lauren Digiaro (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 32 | Angelica M. Jimenez (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 32 | Ann M. Corletta (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 33 | Annette Chaparro (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 33 | Holly Lucyk (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 34 | Sheila Oliver (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 35 | Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 36 | Marlene Caride (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 37 | Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 37 | Angela Hendricks (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 39 | Jannie Chung (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 39 | Annie Hausman (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Assem. | 39 | Holly Schepisi (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Assem. | 40 | Christine Ordway (D) | O | Lost | |
| ↑↑ | |||||
| VA | St. Delegate 52 (43D, 9R) | ||||
| Lt. Gov. | Jill Holtzman Vogel (R) | O | Lost | ||
| St. Del. | 001 | Alicia Kallen (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 002 | Jennifer D. Carrol Foy (D) | O | WON | |
| St. Del. | 007 | Flourette Ketner (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 009 | Stephanie Cook (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 010 | Wendy Gooditis (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 013 | Danica Roem (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 017 | Djuna L. Osborne (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 020 | Michele Edwards (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 021 | Kelly Fowler (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 022 | Kathy J. Byron (R) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 023 | Natalie Short (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 025 | Angela Marckesano Lynn (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 027 | Roxann L. Robinson (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 031 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 033 | Tia L. Walbridge (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 034 | Kathleen J. Murphy (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 034 | Cheryl A. Buford (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 038 | Kaye Kory (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 039 | Vivian E. Watts (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 041 | Eileen Filler-Corn (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 042 | Kathy Tran (D) | O | WON | |
| St. Del. | 042 | Lolita I. Mancheno-Smoak (R) | O | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 046 | Charniele L. Herring (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 051 | Hala S. Ayala (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 055 | Morgan Goodman (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 056 | Melissa M. Dart (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 062 | Sheila Bynum-Coleman (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 063 | Laschrecse D. Aird (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 064 | Emily Brewer (R) | O | WON | |
| St. Del. | 064 | Rebecca Colaw (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 066 | Kate Sponslor (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 067 | Karrie Delaney (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 068 | Dawn M. Adams (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 069 | Betsy B. Carr (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 070 | Delores L. McQuinn (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 073 | Debra Rodman (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 075 | Roslyn C. Tyler (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 081 | Kimberly A. Tucker (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 082 | Leigh A. Bowling (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 084 | Veronica Coleman (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 085 | Cheryl Turpin (D) | C | WON | |
| St. Del. | 086 | Jennifer B. Boysko (D) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 086 | Linda C. Schulz (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 092 | Jeion A. Ward (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 093 | Heather Cordasco (R) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 094 | Shelly A. Simonds (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 095 | Marcia S. Price (D) | I/U | WON | |
| St. Del. | 096 | Brenda L. Pogge (R) | I | WON | |
| St. Del. | 096 | Kelly DeLucia (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 097 | Cori Johnson (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 098 | Sheila Crowley (D) | C | Lost | |
| St. Del. | 099 | Margaret B. Ransone (R) | I | WON | |
| Mayors of Top 100 Cities | ↑↑ | ||||
| City, State | Name |
General Seat |
Election Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | Keisha Lance Bottoms | O | Runoff |
| Atlanta, GA | Mary Norwood | O | Runoff |
| Atlanta, GA | Cathy Woolard | O | Lost |
| Charlotte, NC | Vi Lyles | O | WON |
| Cincinnati, OH | Yvette Simpson | C | Lost |
| Greensboro, NC | Nancy B. Vaughan | I | WON |
| Greensboro, NC | Diane Moffett | C | Lost |
| Miami, FL | Cynthia Mason Jaquith | O | Lost |
| Minneapolis, MN | Betsy Hodges | I | L |
| Minneapolis, MN | Nekima Levy-Pounds | C | L |
| New York City, NY | Nicole Malliotakis | C | Lost |
| Raleigh, NC | Nancy McFarlane | I | WON |
| Seattle, WA | Jenny Durkan | O | WON |
| Seattle, WA | Cary Moon | O | Lost |
| St. Paul, MN | Sharon Anderson | O | Lost |
| Toledo, OH | Paula Hicks-Hudson | I | Lost |