THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE FINAL COUNTS FOR U.S. HOUSE NOMINEES INCLUSIVE OF THE RESULTS OF THE LOUISIANA JUNGLE PRIMARY THAT WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022. ALL OTHER DATA AND PREDICTIONS ARE AS OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE. September 13, 2022 marked the end of the regular primary election season of 2022 and Louisiana’s congressional contests...

LAST UPDATED: 6.8.22 11:15am ET (final results) Five primaries were held on Tuesday in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Full context about women in the 2022 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the Center for American Women and Politics’ (CAWP) Election Watch. Among the most...

*Post has been updated on February 17, 2021 to incorporate results and legislative changes that occurred through the final date of state legislatures being sworn in (January 19, 2021). As the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has reported , a record number of women will serve in state legislatures in 2021 . As a result of the 2020 elections, 2...

The Center for American Women and Politcs, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has compiled a list of potential notable firsts for women candidates that could result from 2020 election contests at the congressional and statewide elected executive levels. This list may update between now and Election Day. AK Alyse Galvin (D, AK...

This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. The legal right of women to vote was established nationally in the United States with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in August 1920. Prior to the passage of 19th Amendment, women had the right to vote in various elections in a number of states and localities. While...

Final votes were counted yesterday in Oregon’s congressional primary. Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the Center for American Women and Politics’ (CAWP) Election Watch . Among the most notable results for women: Both incumbent...