Footnotes

#WomenRun2016: State Legislative Outlook

October 28, 2016

In this post, we take a first look at women running for state legislative seats in 2016. The detail and predictability of our data is limited at this level due to the high number of candidates and races, but our outlook shows that we enter Election Day with a record-level number...Read more

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#WomenRun2016: U.S. House Outlook

October 25, 2016

Kelly Dittmar

What will the U.S. House of Representatives look like in 2017? Combining CAWP data with race ratings from the Cook Political Report reveals that women may well reach a new high in numerical representation in the 115 th House, but that outcome relies upon favorable breaks in the...Read more

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#WomenRun2016: U.S. Senate Outlook

October 11, 2016

Kelly Dittmar

Candidacy

While this year saw a record number of women filing for Senate races, November’s ballots won’t offer a record number of women nominees. Still, depending on how the most competitive races of the cycle break on November 8 th , we may see a net increase in the number of women...Read more

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Candidate Competence: Is There a Double Standard?

September 13, 2016

Tessa Ditonto

Presidency

Candidacy

The 2016 presidential election has brought questions of gender, sexism, and the role of women in politics to the forefront of national conversation. Are Americans ready to see a woman in the role of President, an office that has long been an exclusively male domain? How do our...Read more

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One More Time

August 24, 2016

Anna Mitchell Mahoney

Candidacy

History

Presidency

Scholars have long lamented the lack of women candidates for public office. Attempts to recruit women candidates have been widespread, targeting older women with empty nests, younger women without children (or those not interested in having them), lawyers and businesswomen whose...Read more

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What If...?

March 14, 2016

Kathy Kleeman

Let’s stipulate that neither party even approaches gender parity among its elected officials; except for the very rare local council, it’s nearly impossible to find places where women are represented at levels that match their numbers in the population. But one of the key...Read more

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Election 2016: It isn’t just about the presidential race

November 24, 2015

Kathy Kleeman

The 2015 elections are in the books ( mostly , with one state legislative race pending), and it’s hard to ignore stories about the 2016 presidential race crowding the airwaves. But what will CAWP’s Election Watch be tracking at the congressional and statewide levels? With two...Read more

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House Leadership Shake-Up – a Missed Opportunity for Women?

September 30, 2015

Kathy Kleeman

Congress

The upcoming resignation of Speaker John Boehner created a vacancy on the Republican House leadership ladder, with the anticipated succession of current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to the speakership. Would this be the moment to add another woman to the largely male team?...Read more

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Summer Spotlight: A Conversation Between Two "Saints"

July 17, 2015

Kelly Dittmar

This week, CAWP was lucky to have extern Alexandra Banash join us from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. Working with a fellow Aquinas Saint, CAWP Scholar Kelly Dittmar, Alexandra learned about CAWP’s work and helped conduct CAWP research. As the week came to an end, Kelly...Read more

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Field Notes from Scandinavia

June 22, 2015

Kelly Dittmar

Over the past two weeks, I traveled through two Nordic countries – Sweden and Denmark – for work and vacation. As I explored both country’s capital cities, the gendered political realities were made clear and distinct from the United States. I’ve pulled together this photo diary...Read more

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