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

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

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

The Center for American Women and Politcs, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has compiled a list of potential notable firsts for women candidates that could result from 2020 election contests at the congressional and statewide elected executive...Read more