Statewide Elective Executive

Current and historical fact sheets, graphics, research reports, and other information about women running for and serving in statewide elective executive office.

  • Women in State Government: Past, Present, Future

    by Susan J. Carroll
    Chapter in The Book of States, edited by the Council of State Governments, 2011

    In recent years, the movement of women into state-level offices has slowed following several decades of gains. Following the 2010 elections, the number of women in both state legislative and statewide elective office declined. Efforts to actively recruit women for elective and appointive positions will be critical in determining what the future holds for women in state government.

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  • Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, 2nd Edition

    Eds. Susan J. Carroll, CAWP, Rutgers University and Richard L. Fox, Union College, New York
    Cambridge University Press, 2009 Second Edition, 314 pages 

    The 2nd edition of this textbook describes the role of gender in the American electoral process through the 2008 elections. Tailored for courses on women and politics, elections, and gender politics, it strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2008 elections and providing a deeper analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape electoral politics in the United States.  Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential elections, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, the participation of African American women

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    Political Parties
    Candidates and Campaigns
    Gender and Race/Ethnicity
    Women Voters and the Gender Gap
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  • Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, 1st Edition

    Eds. Susan J. Carroll, CAWP, Rutgers University and Richard L. Fox, Union College, New York
    Cambridge University Press, 2005 First Edition, 240 pages 

    Gender and Elections offers a systematic, lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2004 elections. This volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2004 elections and providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding and interpreting presidential elections, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, congressional elections, the

    Book
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    Political Parties
    Candidates and Campaigns
    Gender and Race/Ethnicity
    Women Voters and the Gender Gap
    State Legislature
    Statewide Executive
    Congress
    Federal Executive
  • Women in State Government: Historical Overview and Current Trends

    by Susan J. Carroll 
    Chapter in The Book of the States, edited by The Council of State Governments, 2004

    Women have significantly increased their numbers among state government officials over the past several decades. However, despite a recent increase in the number of women governors, women’s progress, especially at the statewide elective and state legislative levels, has slowed. The future for women in state government would seem to depend, at least in part, upon the strength of efforts to actively recruit women for elective and appointive positions.

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    Candidate Recruitment
    Women Political Appointees
    Impact of Women Public Officials
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  • The Impact of Women in Public Office

    Edited by Susan J. Carroll 
    Indiana University Press, 2001, 256 pages

    The studies in this book examine the impact of women public officials serving in various offices and locales at local, state, and national levels.  Order from Amazon and a percentage of the sale goes to CAWP.

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    Impact of Women Public Officials
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  • Women, Black, and Hispanic State Elected Leaders: The 1990 Symposium on the State of the States

    Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
    Center for Public Service, University of Virginia
    1991, 106 pages

    In December 1990, more than sixty statewide officials, state legislators, other practitioners and scholars gathered for the fourth annual State of the States symposium. The symposium focused on the problems and possibilities that exist for women, Black and Hispanic elected officials. Issues discussed included campaigning and elections, changing political institutions, shaping state policy, and achieving leadership positions. Workshop summaries and participating scholars' papers are included in the report. 

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    Candidates and Campaigns
    Gender and Race/Ethnicity
    Impact of Women Public Officials
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    Statewide Executive
  • Women Appointed to State Government: A Comparison with All State Appointees

    by Susan J. Carroll and Barbara Geiger-Parker 
    Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    1983, 119 pages

    This study examines appointed state cabinet-level officials. Based on data collected through telephone surveys, it compares the first-ever national profile of women in state cabinets to a profile of a sample of all appointees.

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    Women Political Appointees
    Statewide Executive
  • Profile of Women Holding Office II

    by Marilyn Johnson and Susan Carroll with Kathy Stanwick and Lynn Korenblit
    Center for American Women and Politics, 1978, 71 pages

    CAWP produced the first-ever directories of U.S. elected women, who were surveyed in 1975 and 1977. The directories included names, addresses and background data. Each directory included a statistical essay, also published as stand-alone documents, examining the numbers, personal characteristics, political backgrounds, issue orientations, and ambitions of women in federal, state, county, and local government as reported in the surveys. 

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  • Profile of Women Holding Office I

    by Marilyn Johnson and Kathy Stanwick
    Center for American Women and Politics, 1976, 37 pages
     

    CAWP produced the first-ever directories of U.S. elected women, who were surveyed in 1975 and 1977. The directories included names, addresses and background data. Each directory included a statistical essay, also published as stand-alone documents, examining the numbers, personal characteristics, political backgrounds, issue orientations, and ambitions of women in federal, state, county, and local government as reported in the surveys. 

    Report
    Research
    CAWP Scholar
    State Legislature
    Local
    Statewide Executive
    Congress