Election Night Resources from CAWP

Election Day is one week away, and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has resources for covering women candidates as results come in. In addition, CAWP experts are available to provide data and analysis about women candidates and gender differences in voter behavior in 2024. They can also provide commentary about gender implications in the presidential election, how gender is deployed by both candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, and the potential that America will elect its first woman president.

Resources

• 2024 Election Results Tracker. This page will update results for women candidates throughout election night and until all results are final. It tracks women winners for Congress, governor, and other statewide executive offices, compares the number of officeholders to current and record levels, contains information on winners by race and ethnicity, lists non-incumbent women winners for Congress, and links to sortable lists of all 2025 officeholders.
• Election 2024: Potential Milestones and Firsts. This state-by-state resource lists every race that could lead to a new historical milestone for women’s political representation.
• CAWP Social Media. Follow the Center on Twitter and Instagram for real-time results for women candidates, including historic wins and milestone moments. 
• 2024 Summary of Women Candidates. All the data on women candidates and nominees for Congress, statewide executive offices, and state legislatures in 2024 with comparisons to recent cycles and records.
• 2024 Filed Women Candidates. See a complete list of all major-party women candidates for Congress and statewide elective executive office.
• Women as Percentage of 2024 Major-Party Candidates and Nominees. This resource provides context for the number of women running for office by revealing their proportion of all candidates and nominees by office and party.
• Voters. Historical information on women voters, the gender gap, and gender differences in voter turnout.
• 2024 Women State Legislative Candidates. Full list of major-party women candidates for state legislatures nationwide.
• Women in State Legislative Elections: Historical State-by-State Summary. Compares the number of women nominees and winners for state legislative offices by state over time.
• Majority-Woman and Gender Parity State Legislatures and Chambers. This resource lists all state legislatures and state legislative chambers that have reached or surpassed gender parity currently or historically.
• Women and the Presidency: History & Facts. Select history of women running for president and vice president in the United States.
• Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024. Data on gender and campaign finance in the 2024 elections, from the perspective of women as both candidates/recipients and as donors, with analysis about race/ethnicity and party.
• Woman vs. Woman: Congressional and Gubernatorial Races. View 2024 contests for Congress and governors’ offices where both major-party candidates are women, as well as all such races throughout history.
• Election Analysis. Find analysis about gender in this year’s elections from CAWP and external experts as well as results for women candidates from primaries throughout 2024.

CAWP Experts

Contact CAWP Director of Communications Daniel De Simone to speak with one of CAWP’s experts at ddesimone@eagleton.rutgers.edu or 760.703.0948. All CAWP experts listed below are well-versed in the breadth of women’s experience in American politics, but we have provided below some specific areas of expertise and interest:

• Debbie Walsh, Director. With more than 40 years of experience at the Center for American Women and Politics, Walsh is one of America’s foremost experts on women’s engagement with politics. Some areas of expertise include the history of women in politics, political parties, progress in women’s representation, campaign messaging, women voters, and more.
• Jean Sinzdak, Associate Director. In her work managing CAWP’s programs for women’s leadership, Sinzdak is knowledgeable about candidate recruitment and political pipelines, as well as milestones for women and politics and women in state legislatures.
• Dr. Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research. Dr. Dittmar leads CAWP’s research team and can provide analysis about CAWP data on women candidates and officeholders, gender and campaigning, women voters, and, as the author of Rethinking Women’s Political Power, how women operate in distinct political ecosystems.
• Dr. Kira Sanbonmatsu, Senior Scholar. Dr. Sanbonmatsu is an expert on gender and campaign finance, race/ethnicity and politics, political parties, and is the lead author of CAWP's Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024.
• Dr. Paru Shah, Senior Scholar. Dr. Shah's research interests include state politics, candidate emergence, elections, and racial/ethnic descriptive representation.

Find all of CAWP’s data on women in elections this year and historically at CAWP’s Election Watch.