Year-by-Year Candidate Data
- Candidate Summaries
- Rebound Candidates
- Women as a Percentage of All Major-Party Candidates and Nominees
- Potential Milestones for Women Candidates
Candidate Summaries
CAWP provides real-time updates on women candidates in each election cycle via candidate summaries. Each year's summary includes data on the number of women candidates and nominees at each level of office by state, party, and seat status. Summaries include comparisons to previous election cycles and women's representation as officeholders in that year.
For final data on women candidates, including election results, download CAWP candidate databases.
Rebound Candidates
Rebound candidates are those who lost in the previous election cycle and ran again for the same or different office. CAWP has been tracking women rebound candidates in congressional and statewide elections since 2020.
Women as a Percentage of All Major-Party Candidates and Nominees
CAWP has been tracking women as a percentage of all major-party filed candidates and nominees for congressional and gubernatorial offices since election 2020.
Potential Milestones for Women Candidates
CAWP has been publishing a list of potential milestones and first for women running in congressional and statewide elective executive contests since 2022.