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"The overrepresentation of men in all political offices is troubling."
Dr. Mirya Holman is associate professor of political science at Tulane University. Among her many publications on gender and American politics, she is the author of Women in Politics in the American City (Temple University Press, 2014), which examines the effect of female mayors...Read more
Political Ambition and Community Lift: Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight
Many people are compelled to become political officeholders due to some higher calling. Whether it be a civic duty, love of country, or some pull to power. Black women are no different. However, their civic duty and love of country may look quite different than their white male...Read more
Everything You Need to Know About the Gender Gap
In the weeks and months leading up the 2020 presidential election, many political pundits and observers speculated that the gender gap wouldn’t be a gap so much as a gender canyon . The “gender gap” typically refers to differences between women and men in vote choice but can...Read more
Are Women Reshaping the Political Donor Class? Money Matters in the Upcoming Races for Governor
Within the next two years, 38 states will hold gubernatorial elections, including two states - Virginia and New Jersey – who will hold gubernatorial elections in November 2021. These elections provide multiple opportunities for women. Nine women currently serve as governor and...Read more
Money and Gubernatorial Races: How are Women Faring as Candidates and Donors?
Despite a historic year for women in politics that featured the election of the first woman vice president and a new record for women in Congress, 2020 did not see any new women elected governor. Just nine women serve as governors across the fifty states. And in 2018, which also...Read more
A Record Number of Women will Serve in State Legislatures in 2021
*Post has been updated on February 17, 2021 to incorporate results and legislative changes that occurred through the final date of state legislatures being sworn in (January 19, 2021). As the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has reported , a record number of women...Read more
Results: Women Candidates in the 2020 Elections
Last Update: December 7th at 3:30pm ET For most current numbers visit our Election 2020 Results Tracker According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, at least 141 (105D, 36R) women will serve...Read more
What You Need to Know About the Record Number of Women State Legislative Nominees in 2020
On the eve of Election 2020, what do we know about women’s representation on general election ballots for state legislatures this year? As the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) reported last week , a record number of women are state legislative nominees in 2020. This...Read more
President Trump’s appeals to women show that the more things change, the more they stay the same
Donald Trump has a lot to say to suburban women. In his only direct appeals to women, Trump has lauded his ability to keep those he has framed as undesirable (i.e., racial minorities and the poor) out of the suburbs, to ensure law and order, and most recently, to get suburban...Read more
Election Night Resources from CAWP
Election Day is less than one week away. The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has lots of resources to help you follow along as polls close. CAWP will report on contests in real time throughout election night and will issue a release the day after Election Day with...Read more