Abbreviation
tx
Woman Governor
Past
Woman Congress
Current
State Legislature Rank
26
State Fact Sheet

A Woman Veteran Could be Elected Governor for the First Time in 2025

Two women veterans are on gubernatorial ballots in 2025. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) served in the U.S. Navy, and Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) served in the U.S. Marines. They are two of four women veterans who have been major-party nominees for governor since 2010. In 2022, Theresa Livingston (D), an Air Force veteran, was unsuccessful in her bid for governor of...

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