Women Candidates: Records for Major Party Nominations

 
   * Indicates a record set or tied in 2018.

  Previous Record
Nominations
Year Set Nominations
in 2018
U.S. Senate
 
18 2012 23*
U.S. House  
   (Does not include candidates for delegate : 4 in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 6
   in 2016 and 6 in 2018. Washington DC and the four territories are represented in the House
  by delegates with no voting privileges.)
 
167 2016 234*
Total Statewide Elective Executives
 (Does not include 2 candidates for Lieutenant Governor in Guam in 1994.)
121 1994 131*
Selected Statewide Offices      
   Governor 10 1994,1998, 2002,
2006, 2010        
16*
   Lt. Governor
     (Does not include 2 candidates for Lieutenant Governor in Guam in 1994.)
29 1994 28
   Secretary of State 24 1998 18
   Attorney General 13 1998 11
   State Treasurer 16 1990, 1994 11
   State Auditor 12 2002 15*
   Comptroller 8 2006 6
   Education Official 13 1994 6
   Labor Commissioner 2 1994 2
   Insurance Commisioner 2 1994 3*
       
State Legislature 2,649 2016 3,418*