Women Candidates in 2021 Elections

Data on women candidates in 2021 special and regular elections for statewide elective executive and state legislative office

General Seat Codes: I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed, O/U=Open Unopposed, CP=Challenger in the Primary.

Special Elections

Florida
Office District Candidate & Party General Seat Filing Primary General
U.S. Rep. 20 Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) O Filed WON WON
U.S. Rep. 20 Barbara Sharief (D) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 20 Priscilla Taylor (D) O Filed Lost
Ohio
Office District Candidate Name & Party General Seat Filing Date Primary General Election
U.S. Rep. 11 Shontel Brown (D) O Filed WON WON
U.S. Rep. 11 Nina Turner (D) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 11 Laverne Gore (R) O Filed WON Lost
U.S. Rep. 11 Shirley Smith (D) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 11 Felicia Washington Ross (R) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 11 Pamela Pinkney (D) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 15 Allison Russo (D) O Filed WON Lost
U.S. Rep. 15 Ruth Edmonds (R) O Filed Lost
U.S. Rep. 15 Stephanie Kunze (R) O Filed Lost

Regular Elections

New Jersey
Office Dist. First Name Middle Name Last Name Party Seat Status Primary General
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver D I WON WON
Lt. Gov. Diane Allen R C WON Lost
St. Sen. 1 Yolanda E. Garcia Balicki D C WON Lost
St. Sen. 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez D I WON WON
St. Sen. 7 Michelle Arnold R C WON Lost
St. Sen. 8 Dawn Marie Addiego D I WON Lost
St. Sen. 8 Jean Stanfield R C WON WON
St. Sen. 10 Emma Mammano D C WON Lost
St. Sen. 11 Lori Annetta R C WON Lost
St. Sen. 14 Linda R. Greenstein D I WON WON
St. Sen. 15 Shirley K. Turner D I WON WON
St. Sen. 15 Susan Gaul R C WON Lost
St. Sen. 23 Denise T. King D C WON Lost
St. Sen. 26 Christine Clarke D C WON Lost
St. Sen. 29 M. Teresa Ruiz D I WON WON
St. Sen. 31 Sandra B. Cunningham D I WON WON
St. Sen. 34 Nia H. Gill D I WON WON
St. Sen. 35 Nellie Pou D I WON WON
St. Sen. 37 Valerie Vainieri Huttle D O Lost
St. Sen. 39 Holly T. Schepisi R I WON WON
St. Sen. 39 Ruth Dugan D C WON Lost
St. Sen. 40 Kristin Corrado R I WON WON
St. Rep. 1 Julia Hankerson D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 2 Caren Fitzpatrick D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 2 Claire Swift R O WON WON
St. Rep. 3 Bethanne McCarthy Patrick R C WON WON
St. Rep. 3 Beth Sawyer R C WON WON
St. Rep. 4 Gabriela M. Mosquera D I WON WON
St. Rep. 4 Denise Gonzalez R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 4 Patricia Kline R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 6 Pamela R. Lampitt D I WON WON
St. Rep. 7 Carol Murphy D I WON WON
St. Rep. 8 Allison Eckel D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 9 Alexis Jackson D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 9 Kristen Henninger-Holland D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 9 DiAnne C. Gove R I WON WON
St. Rep. 10 Mary "Sharon" Quilter D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 10 Geraldine Ambrosio R CP Lost
St. Rep. 11 JoAnn Downey D I WON Lost
St. Rep. 11 Marilyn J. Piperno R C WON WON
St. Rep. 11 Kimberly Eulner R C WON WON
St. Rep. 12 Raya Arbiol D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 13 Erin Howard D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 13 Allison Friedman D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 13 Vicky Flynn R O WON WON
St. Rep. 13 Serena DiMaso R I Lost
St. Rep. 14 Bina Shah R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 15 Verlina Reynolds-Jackson D I WON WON
St. Rep. 15 Patricia A. Johnson R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 16 Sadaf F. Jaffer D O WON WON
St. Rep. 17 Catherine Barrier R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 18 Lisa Salem D CP Lost
St. Rep. 18 Angela Fam R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 18 Melanie McCann Mott R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 19 Yvonne Lopez D I WON WON
St. Rep. 20 Diane L. Murray-Clements D O Lost
St. Rep. 20 Aissa C. Heath Castaneda D O Lost
St. Rep. 20 Annette Quijano D I WON WON
St. Rep. 21 Elizabeth A. Graner D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 21 Anjali Mehrotra D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 21 Michele Matsikoudis R O WON WON
St. Rep. 21 Jennifer Makar R O Lost
St. Rep. 21 Nancy F. Munoz R I WON WON
St. Rep. 22 Linda Carter D I WON WON
St. Rep. 23 Hope Kaufman D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 24 Georgianna Carol Cook D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 25 Lauren Barnett D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 25 Patricia L. Veres D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 25 Aura Dunn R I WON WON
St. Rep. 26 Melissa Brown Blaeuer D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 26 Pamela Fadden D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 26 BettyLou DeCroce R I Lost
St. Rep. 27 Mila M. Jasey D I WON WON
St. Rep. 28 Cleopatra G. Tucker D I WON WON
St. Rep. 28 Monique Headen R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 29 Shanique Speight D I WON WON
St. Rep. 29 Eliana Pintor Marin D I WON WON
St. Rep. 31 Angela V. McKnight D I WON WON
St. Rep. 31 Rose Javier R O WON Lost
St. Rep. 32 Angelica M. Jimenez D I WON WON
St. Rep. 32 Tamara Claudio R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 32 Marisela Rodriguez R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 33 Annette Chaparro D I WON WON
St. Rep. 34 Britnee Timberlake D I WON WON
St. Rep. 34 Irene Devita R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 35 Shavonda E. Sumter D I WON WON
St. Rep. 35 Iman Majagah R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 37 Lauren M.K. Dayton D O Lost
St. Rep. 37 Shama A. Haider D O WON WON
St. Rep. 37 Ellen J. Park D O WON WON
St. Rep. 38 Lisa Swain D I WON WON
St. Rep. 39 Melinda J. Iannuzzi D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 39 Deanne DeFuccio R I WON WON
St. Rep. 40 Genevieve Allard D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 40 Nicole McNamara D C WON Lost
Virginia
Office Dist. First Name Middle Name Last Name Party Seat Status Primary General
Governor Jennifer Carroll Foy D O Lost
Governor Jennifer McClellan D O Lost
Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears R O WON WON
Lt. Gov. Hala Ayala D O WON Lost
Lt. Gov. Andria McClellan D O Lost
St. Rep. 2 Candi Mundon King D I WON WON
St. Rep. 2 Pam G. Montgomery D O Lost
St. Rep. 2 Gina R. Ciarcia R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 7 Tara P. Orlando D O Lost
St. Rep. 7 Marie March R O WON WON
St. Rep. 9 Bridgette N. Craighead D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 10 Wendy Gooditis D I WON WON
St. Rep. 13 Danica Roem D I WON WON
St. Rep. 14 Rhett Deitz D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 15 Emily G. Scott D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 19 Wendy Rowden D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 21 Kelly Convirs-Fowler D I WON WON
St. Rep. 21 Tanya Gould R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 22 Kathy Byron R I WON WON
St. Rep. 23 Natalie Short D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 25 Jennifer L. Kitchen D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 27 Roxann Robinson R I WON WON
St. Rep. 27 Debra D. Gardner D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 28 Tara Durant R C WON WON
St. Rep. 29 Delmara "Deetzie" F. Bayliss D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 30 Annette H. Hyde D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 31 Elizabeth R. Guzman D I WON WON
St. Rep. 31 Kara A. Pitek D CP Lost
St. Rep. 34 Kathleen Johnson Murphy D I WON WON
St. Rep. 34 Jennifer M. Adeli D CP Lost
St. Rep. 36 Mary K. Red Barthelson D CP Lost
St. Rep. 38 Kaye Kory D I WON WON
St. Rep. 38 Holly E. Hazard D CP Lost
St. Rep. 39 Vivian E. Watts D I WON WON
St. Rep. 39 Maureen Brody R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 41 Eileen Filler-Corn D I WON WON
St. Rep. 42 Kathy Tran D I WON WON
St. Rep. 45 Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker D O WON WON
St. Rep. 46 Charniele L. Herring D I WON WON
St. Rep. 47 Laura Hall R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 49 Karishma N. Mehta D CP Lost
St. Rep. 50 Helen Anne Zurita D CP Lost
St. Rep. 50 Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado D O WON WON
St. Rep. 51 Briana D. Sewell D O WON WON
St. Rep. 52 Maria Martin R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 53 Sarah White R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 55 Rachel A. Levy D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 56 Blakely K. Lockhart D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 57 Sally L. Hudson D I WON WON
St. Rep. 58 Sara H. Ratcliffe D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 61 Trudy Bell Berry D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 62 Carrie Coyner R I WON WON
St. Rep. 62 Jasmine E. Gore D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 63 Lashrecse D. Aird D I WON Lost
St. Rep. 63 Kim Taylor R C WON WON
St. Rep. 64 Emily Brewer R I WON WON
St. Rep. 65 Caitlin Coakley D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 66 Katie A. Sponsler D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 67 Karrie Delaney D I WON WON
St. Rep. 68 Dawn M. Adams D I WON WON
St. Rep. 69 Betsy Brooks Carr D I WON WON
St. Rep. 69 Sheila Furey R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 70 Delores L. McQuinn D I WON WON
St. Rep. 71 Nancye A. Hunter R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 73 Mary Margaret Kastelberg R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 75 Roslyn Mae Tyler D I WON Lost
St. Rep. 78 Melanie L. Cornelisse D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 80 Deanna R. Stanton R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 82 Anne Ferrell Tata R O WON WON
St. Rep. 83 Nancy Guy D I WON Lost
St. Rep. 84 Kimberly A. Melnyk D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 84 Tracie U. Liguid D O Lost
St. Rep. 85 Karen Greenhalgh R C WON WON
St. Rep. 86 Julie Perry R O WON Lost
St. Rep. 86 Irene Shin D O WON WON
St. Rep. 88 Kecia S. Evans D O WON Lost
St. Rep. 89 Hannah B. Kinder D CP Lost
St. Rep. 90 Angelia Williams Graves D I WON WON
St. Rep. 90 Sylvia Bryant R C WON Lost
St. Rep. 91 Martha M. Mugler D I WON Lost
St. Rep. 92 Jeion A. Ward D I WON WON
St. Rep. 94 Shelly Simonds D I WON WON
St. Rep. 95 Marcia S. Price D I WON WON
St. Rep. 96 Amanda E. Batten R I WON WON
St. Rep. 98 Ella B. Webster D C WON Lost
St. Rep. 99 Margaret B. Ransone R I WON WON
St. Rep. 99 Jolicia A. Ward D C Lost
St. Rep. 100 Finale M. Norton D C WON Lost