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State Fact Sheet

The 2022 primaries are over. Here’s what you need to know about women nominees.

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...

Results from primaries and other elections in CO, IL, NY, OK, UT, NE, MS, and SC: More Women Gubernatorial Nominees and Potential U.S. House Pick-Ups

LAST UPDATED: 7.1.22 6:45am ET (final results) Five primaries were held on Tuesday in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, and Utah. In addition, primary runoff elections were held in Mississippi and South Carolina and a special election for the U.S. House was held in Nebraska. Full context about women in the 2022 elections, including candidate lists...

Results from primaries and special elections in ME, NV, ND, SC, AK, and TX: More New Records for Women in Congress from Special Election

LAST UPDATED: 8.10.22 10:45am ET (final results) Four primaries were held on Tuesday in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina. In addition, a special election was held in Texas’ 34th congressional district to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of U.S. Representative Filemon Vela. Another special election to fill the vacancy created by the...

Results: Women Candidates in the 2020 Elections

Last Update: December 7th at 3:30pm ET For most current numbers visit our Election 2020 Results Tracker According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, at least 141 (105D, 36R) women will serve in the 117th Congress. This is a new record. There are 2 congressional races...

Election 2020: Potential Notable Firsts

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...

Black Women Candidates in 2020

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has tracked women’s political candidacies for three decades. Since 2004, CAWP has collected women candidates’ racial identification, relying primarily on candidate self-identification. This year, we are reporting this data pre-election and in greater depth than we have before, providing summary information on...

Early June Primaries Shed Light on Gender Trends to Watch in Election 2020

The 2020 sub-presidential primary election season kicked off on March 3rd with congressional and statewide primaries in Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, and Texas. But within weeks of those contests, the COVID-19 pandemic created entirely new electoral conditions across the country. In addition to shifting to mail-in voting as the primary mode...

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