New Record for Women Candidates for U.S. House

A record 54 Republican women have secured nominations in races for U.S. House seats in the 2020 election, according to data collected by the Center for American Women and Politics, a division of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. The previous record of 53 was set in 2004. Thus far, 114 Democratic women have won nominations for House seats in 2020, still short of their record of 182 set during the 2018 midterms. Multiple women of both parties are competing in races from the June 23rd primary that remain too close to call, and primary races are yet to be held in 24 states, so these numbers are expected to rise.

For more information and data visualizations about the women running this year, visit CAWP’s 2020 Candidate Summary. Full context about the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, is available via CAWP’s Election Watch.