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Woman Governor
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Woman Congress
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State Fact Sheet

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...

A Great Way to “Listen to Black Women” is to Elect Them

Listen to Black women, they say. Support Black women, they tweet. The praise of Black women in recent years is evident in words, but public statements and hashtags must translate into action. And that action should include efforts to elect Black women. Seven years ago, our organizations joined forces to spotlight the status of Black women in American...

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...

Fill Those Empty Pedestals with Pioneering American Political Women

This summer, statues and memorials of former presidents and public leaders have toppled or been removed in a reckoning with the nation’s profound legacy of racism. As the country grapples with that legacy, the time is ripe for an examination of whom we choose to memorialize. In particular, we must look for those who have made important contributions to our...

June 30th Primaries Set Up All-Woman Contests in Colorado and Oklahoma in November

Congressional and statewide primaries were held on Tuesday in three states: Colorado, Oklahoma, and Utah. Some contests in Utah remain too close to call, so this post will be updated as results are determined. Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are...

Women on the Front Lines in Cities’ Fights Against COVID-19

We know that women are on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. According the U.S. Census Bureau , women hold 76% of all heath care jobs. More specifically, women are over 85% of registered nurses nationwide, dominating one of the groups battling coronavirus via patient care in hospitals nationwide. Women are also 31 of 50 (62%) of state health...

Martha Hughes Cannon Caucus

The Martha Hughes Cannon Caucus is made up of current and former Utah legislators; named for the Utahn who was the first US woman elected to a state senate.

#WomenRun2016: U.S. Senate Outlook

While this year saw a record number of women filing for Senate races, November’s ballots won’t offer a record number of women nominees. Still, depending on how the most competitive races of the cycle break on November 8 th, we may see a net increase in the number of women serving in the U.S. Senate in January 2017. Candidates and Nominees Forty (28D, 12R)...

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