Election 2016: List of Women Candidates for U.S. Congress and Statewide Elected Executive Office
Election 2016: Women Candidates
Summary of women candidates 2016
Includes summary stats for women candidates at each level: number of women running by party and seat type (incumbent, open seat, challenger); previous record numbers of candidates; number of women currently serving.
| AK | AL | AR | AS | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DC | DE | FL | GA | GU | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | KY | LA | MA | MD | ME | MI | MN |
| MO | MT | NC | ND | NE | NH | NJ | NM | NV | NY | OH | OK | OR | PA | PR | SC | SD | TN | TX | VA | VI | VT | WA | WV | WY |
General Seat Codes: I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed, O/U=Open Unopposed, O?=Open seat if defeats Incumbent in Primary.
| State | Office | Dist. | Candidate Name & Party |
General Seat |
Election Results |
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| U.S. Pres. | Hillary Clinton (D) | O | Lost | ||
| AK | U.S. Sen. | Lisa Murkowski (R) | I | WON | |
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| AL | P.S.C. | Twinkle Cavanaugh (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Martha Roby (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Terri Sewell (D) | I | WON | |
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| AS | U.S. Del. | AL | Aumua Amata Radewagen (R) | I | WON |
| U.S. Del. | AL | Vaitamasa Salu Hurkin-Fineu (D) | C | Lost | |
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| AZ | U.S. Sen. | Ann Kirkpartrick (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Martha McSally (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Talia Fuentes (D) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Eve Nunez (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Kyrsten Sinema (D) | I | WON | |
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| AR | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Dianne Curry (D) | C | Lost |
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| CA | U.S. Sen. | Kamala Harris (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Sen. | Loretta Sanchez (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Doris Matsui (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Rita Ramirez (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Nancy Pelosi (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 13 | Barbara Lee (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 13 | Suzanne Caro (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 14 | Jackie Speier (D) | I/U | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 18 | Anna Eshoo (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 19 | Zoe Lofgren (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 20 | Casey Lucius (R) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 23 | Wendy Reed (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 26 | Julia Brownley (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Judy Chu (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 28 | Lenore Solis (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 32 | Grace Napolitano (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 34 | Adrienne Edward (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 35 | Norma Torres (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 37 | Karen Bass (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 38 | Linda Sánchez (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) | I/U | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 43 | Maxine Waters (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 44 | Nannette Barragan (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 45 | Mimi Walters (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 48 | Sue Savary (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 52 | Denise Gitsham (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 53 | Susan Davis (D) | I | WON | |
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| CO | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Diana DeGette (D) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Gail Schwartz (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Misty Plowright (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Morgan Carroll (D) | C | Lost | |
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| CT | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Daria Novak (R) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Rosa DeLauro (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Elizabeth Esty (D) | I | WON | |
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| DC | U.S. Del. | AL | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) | I | WON |
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| DE | Lt. Gov. | Bethany Hall-Liong (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | AL | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) | O | WON | |
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| FL | U.S. Rep. | 05 | Glo Smith (R) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Stephanie Murphy (D) | C | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Corry Westbrook (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Val Demings (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Thuy Lowe (R) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 14 | Kathy Castor (D) | I | WON | |
| U,S. Rep. | 14 | Christine Quinn (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Jan Schneider (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | April Freeman (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 21 | Lois Frankel (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 22 | Andrea Leigh McGee (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 23 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 24 | Frederica Wilson (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Alina Valdes (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) | I | WON | |
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| GA | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Angela Pendley (D) | O | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Tricia Carpenter McCracken (D) | C | Lost | |
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| GU | U.S. Del. | AL | Madelaine Bordallo (D) | I | WON |
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| HI | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Shirlene Ostow (R) | O | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Colleen Hanabusa (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Tulsi Gabbard (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Angela Kaaihue (R) | C | Lost | |
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| ID | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Jennifer Martinez (D) | C | Lost |
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| IL | Compt. | Leslie Munger (R) | I | Lost | |
| Compt. | Susanna Mendoza (D) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Tammy Duckworth (D) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Robin Kelly (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Amanda Howland (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Jan Schakowsky (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Joan McCarthy Lesonde (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Tonia Khouri (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | Cheri Bustos (D) | I | WON | |
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| IN | Lt. Gov. | Christina Hale (D) | O | Lost | |
| Lt. Gov. | Suzanne Crouch (R) | O | WON | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Glenda Ritz (D) | I | Lost | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Jennifer McCormick (R) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Jackie Walorski (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Susan Brooks (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Angela Demaree (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Catherine "Cat" Ping (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Shellii Yoder (D) | O | Lost | |
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| IA | U.S. Sen. | Patty Judge (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Monica Vernon (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Kim Weaver (D) | C | Lost | |
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| KS | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Lynn Jenkins (R) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Britani Potter (D) | C | Lost | |
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| KY | U.S. Rep. | 06 | Nancy Jo Kemper (D) | C | Lost |
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| LA | U.S. Sen. | Caroline Fayard (D) | O | Lost | |
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| MA | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Niki Tsongas (D) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Ann Wofford (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Katherine Clark (D) | I | WON | |
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| ME | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Chellie Pingree (D) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Emily Cain (D) | C | Lost | |
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| MD | U.S. Sen. | Kathy Szeliga (R) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Amie Hoeber (R) | C | Lost | |
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| MI | U.S. Rep. | 07 | Gretchen Driskell (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Suzanne Shkrehi (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Debbie Dingell (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 14 | Brenda Lawrence (D) | I | WON | |
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| MN | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Angie Craig (D) | O | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Terri Bonoff (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Betty McCollum (D) | I | WON | |
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| MO | Aty. Gen. | Teresa Hensley (D) | O | Lost | |
| Sec. St. | Robin Smith (D) | O | Lost | ||
| St. Treas. | Judy Baker (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Ann Wagner (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Vicky Hartzler (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Genevieve Williams (D) | C | Lost | |
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| MT | Lt. Gov. | Lesley Robinson (R) | C | Lost | |
| Sec. St. | Monica Lindeen (D) | O | Lost | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Melissa Romano (D) | O | Lost | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Elsie Arntzen (R) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | AL | Denise Juneau (D) | C | Lost | |
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| NH | U.S. Sen. | Maggie Hassan (D) | C | WON | |
| U.S. Sen. | Kelly Ayotte (R) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | C | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Ann McLane Kuster (D) | I | WON | |
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| NJ | U.S. Rep. | 04 | Lorna Phillipson (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) | I | WON | |
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| NM | Sec. St. | Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) | O | WON | |
| Sec. St. | Nora Espinoza (R) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Merrie Lee Soules (D) | C | Lost | |
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| NY | U.S. Sen. | Wendy Long (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Anna Throne-Holst (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Kathleen Rice (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Grace Meng (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Nydia Velazquez (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Yvette Clarke (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Carolyn Maloney (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | Nita Lowey (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 19 | Zephyr Teachout (D) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 21 | Elise Stafanik (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 22 | Claudia Tenney (R) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 22 | Kim Myers (D) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 24 | Colleen Deacon (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Louise Slaughter (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 26 | Shelly Schratz (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Diana Kastenbaum (D) | C | Lost | |
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| NE | P.S. C. | Mary Ridder (R) | O | ||
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| NV | U.S. Sen. | Catherine Cortez Masto (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Dina Titus (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Mary Perry (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Jacky Rosen (D) | O | WON | |
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| NC | Lt. Gov. | Linda Coleman (D) | C | Lost | |
| Sec. St. | Elaine Marshall (D) | I | WON | ||
| St. Aud. | Beth Wood (D) | I | |||
| C. Labor | Cherie Berry (R) | I | WON | ||
| Sup. P.I. | June Atkinson (D) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Deborah Ross (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Sue Googe (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Virginia Foxx (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Alma Adams (D) | I | WON | |
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| ND | Lt. Gov. | Joan Heckaman (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Treas. | Kelly Schmidt (R) | I | WON | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Kirsten Baesler (R) | I | WON | ||
| Ins. C. | Ruth Buffalo (D) | O | Lost | ||
| P.S.C. | Julie Fedorchak (R) | I | WON | ||
| P.S.C. | Marlo Hunte-Beaubrun (D) | C | Lost | ||
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| OH | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Michelle Young (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Joyce Beatty (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Janet Garrett (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Marcia Fudge (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Beverly A. Goldstein (R) | C | Lost | |
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| OK | Corp. C. | Dana Murphy (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Christina Owen (D) | C | Lost | |
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| OR | Gov. | Kate Brown (D) | I | WON | |
| Aty. Gen. | Ellen Rosenblum (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Suzanne Bonamici (D) | I | WON | |
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| PA | U.S. Sen. | Kathleen "Katie" McGinty (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Deborah Williams (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Kerith Strano Taylor (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Mary Ellen Balchinus (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Erin McClelland (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Christina Hartman (D) | O | Lost | |
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| PR | U.S. Del. | Jenniffer A. Gonzalez (R) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Del. | Marina Nogales Molinelli (other) | O | Lost | ||
| SC | U.S. Rep. | 06 | Laura Sterling (R) | C | Lost |
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| SD | U.S. Rep. | AL | Kristi Noem (R) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | AL | Paula Hawks (D) | C | Lost | |
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| TN | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Melody Shekari (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Stacy Ries Snider (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Diane Black (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Marsha Blackburn (R) | I | WON | |
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| TX | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Shirley McKellar (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Ruby Faye Woolridge (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Tawana Cadien (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Kay Granger (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 18 | Lori Bartley (R) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 24 | Jan McDowell (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Kathi Thomas (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 30 | Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 35 | Susan Narvaiz (R) | C | Lost | |
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| UT | U.S. Sen. | Misty Snow (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Charlene Albarran (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Mia Love (R) | I | WON | |
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| VA | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Shaun Brown (D) | C | Lost |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Jane Dittmar (D) | O | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Eileen Bedell (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Barbara Comstock (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | LuAnn Bennett (D) | C | Lost | |
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| VI | U.S. Del. | AL | Stacey Plaskett (D) | I | WON |
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| VT | Gov. | Sue Minter (D) | O | Lost | |
| St. Treas. | Beth Pearce (D) | I | WON | ||
| Aty. Gen. | Deborah Bucknam (R) | O | Lost | ||
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| WA | Sec. St. | Kim Wyman (R) | I | WON | |
| Sec. St. | Tina Podlodowski (D) | C | Lost | ||
| St. Aud. | Pat "Patrice" McCarthy (D) | O | WON | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Erin Jones (NP) | C | TCTC | ||
| Land Comm. | Hilary Franz (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Patty Murray (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Suzan DelBene (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Jaime Herrera Buetler (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Pramila Jayapal (D) | O | WON | |
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| WI | U.S. Rep. | 04 | Gwen Moore (D) | I | WON |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Sarah Lloyd (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Mary Hoeft (D) | C | Lost | |
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| WV | Sec. St. | Natalie Tennant (D) | I | Lost | |
| St. Aud. | Mary Ann Claytor (D) | O | Lost | ||
| St. Treas. | Ann Urling (R) | C | Lost | ||
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| WY | U.S. Rep. | AL | Liz Cheney (R) | O | WON |