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Women Mayors: Challenges and Opportunities for Women on the Path to Executive Office

June 7, 2018
Nicole Carlsburg
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Making Sense of the Alabama “Awakening”: What’s New & Not so New for Black Women in Alabama Politics

June 1, 2018
Wendy G. Smooth
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Running as Women or Men? Candidates’ Use of Gender in 2018

May 31, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Why LGBTQ and Allied Candidates Matter (Even When They Lose)

May 29, 2018
Rick Kavin
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First Time Candidates in Arkansas Reflect Long Time Themes on Gender and Candidacy

May 18, 2018
Pearl K. Dowe
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ALL of the Democratic women running statewide in Illinois are women of color. Here’s why that’s noteworthy.

March 16, 2018
Kelly Dittmar
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Women in County and Municipal Government: NJ Must Do Better

February 28, 2018

The Chisholm Effect: Black Women in American Politics 2018

This update from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) and the Higher Heights Leadership Fund outlines the status of Black women in American politics at the start of 2018.

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DownloadThe Chisholm Effect: Black Women in American Politics 2018

Record Number of Women Freeholders Will Serve in 2018

November 16, 2017

Big Gains for Virginia Democratic Women; NJ Elects Nation's First Black Democratic Woman Lieutenant Governor

November 8, 2017

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