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Primary Outlook: Women Candidates in Pennsylvania

May 10, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Women Won One-Third of U.S. House Nominations in IN, NC, OH, & WV, But Most in Districts Favoring Opponents

May 9, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Primary Outlook: Women Candidates in Indiana

May 1, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Primary Outlook: Women Candidates in Ohio

May 1, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Primary Outlook: Women Candidates in West Virginia

May 1, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Primary Outlook: Women Candidates in North Carolina

May 1, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Male candidates are navigating gendered terrain in 2018 too

April 24, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Will Female Republican Candidates Stall on Sexual Harassment? Nah, Probably Not.

April 16, 2018
Erin Cassese
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Putting the Record Numbers of Women's Candidacies into Context

April 10, 2018
Kelly Dittmar

Just last week, we surpassed the record number for women candidates filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. As of April 6, 309 (231D, 78R) women filed in the 29 states where filing deadlines have passed and candidacies have been certified. The previous high for women primary candidates for the U.S. House was 298, set in 2012. With 21 states left...

Putting the Record Numbers of Women's Candidacies into Context (Background: is woman's hand writing on paper with data on it)

The Results of IL-3 Suggest Cost of the “Character Pedestal” is Still High for Women Candidates

March 26, 2018
Nicole Carlsburg
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