Latest Updates and Resources

Women, Money, and Politics Watch 2024

This project analyzes campaign contributions by individuals to major party congressional and state women and men candidates. It will be updated periodically during the 2024 election cycle.

Rethinking Women’s Political Power

This report examines women’s political power within diverse state political ecosystems and illustrates that increasing women’s political power is a multi-site, multiracial, and bipartisan endeavor.

Latinas in New Jersey Politics

This report, completed in coordination with the Latina Civic Foundation, examines the representation of Latinas in New Jersey politics and provides guidance to increase their political presence and power.

Women Officeholders

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Current Numbers

From our new data on women in municipal office to our classic collections on women in state legislatures and Congress, CAWP is the only source for the most up-to-date information on women’s political representation in the United States.

Women Elected Officials Database

With over 12,000 entries covering more than 120 years, the CAWP Women Elected Officials Database is the full history of women in American politics in one place — searchable, exportable, and sharable.

See How Your State Fares

See current and historical information for your state — and how it compares in our state rankings by women’s representation in state legislatures. 

Percentages of Women in Elective Office 1971-Present

See the percentage of women in elective office at the congressional, statewide elective executive, and state legislative levels from 1971 to present.

Programs

Ready to Run®

Ready to Run® is a non-partisan campaign training program to encourage women to run for elective office, position themselves for appointive office, work on a campaign, or get involved in public life in other ways.

NEW Leadership® 

NEW Leadership® is a multi-day residential public leadership training program for college students addressing women's underrepresentation in politics. It educates students about the important role that politics plays in their lives and encourages them to become engaged leaders in their communities and on their campuses.

Teach a Girl to Lead®

Designed for educators, youth-serving organizations and media outlets, and parents, Teach a Girl to Lead® aims to make women’s public leadership visible to girls and boys K-12 and to inspire girls and young women to follow in the footsteps of women leaders, past and present.

Senator Wynona Lipman Chair

The Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership is made possible by the generous support of the New Jersey Legislature. Learn more about the chair and the pioneering woman.