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Women and
the GOP
STATISTICS
Women in Elective Office
(pdf)
Women
in the U.S. Congress
(pdf)
Women
in the U.S. Senate
(pdf)
Women
in the U.S. House
(pdf)
Women
in Congressional Leadership Roles
(pdf)
Women
in Statewide Elective Executive Office
(pdf)
Women
in State Legislative Office
(pdf)
Women
in State Legislative Leadership
(pdf)
Women
of Color in Elective Office
(pdf)
Women Mayors (html)
HISTORICAL STATS
Summary, Women Candidates, 1970-2006 (pdf)
Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics
Women
Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates
(pdf)
Women
Appointed to Federal Cabinets
(pdf)
Women
Who Succeeded Husbands in Congress
(pdf)
Women in the U.S. Senate, 1922-2008
Women in the U.S. Congress, 1917-2008
Women versus Women, U.S. Congress and Governor, 1944-2006
(pdf)
Women Candidates for Congress, 1974-2006
(pdf)
Women Candidates for U.S. Congress, Total Filed, 1992-2006 (pdf)
Women Candidates for U.S. Congress, Primary Winners, 1994-2006 (pdf)
Women Governors, 1925-2008
(pdf)
Women Lt. Governors, 1940-2007
Women in Statewide Office, 1969-2007
(pdf)
Women in State Legislatures, 1975-2006
(pdf)
Women Candidates for State Legislatures, 1988-2004 (pdf)
Women
Candidates in 2007
(Congress and Statewide)
Women Candidates in 2006
(Congress and
Statewide)
Women Candidates in 2004
(Congress and
Statewide)
Women Candidates in 2002
(Congress and
Statewide)
Women Candidates in 2000
(Congress and Statewide)
Women
Candidates in 1998
(Congress and Statewide)
Women
Candidates in 1996
(Congress and Statewide)
Women in Elective Office - 2008
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In 2008, 86 women serve in the U.S. Congress. A record 16 women
serve in the Senate, and 70 women serve in the House. The number of
women in statewide elective executive posts is 74, while the
proportion of women in state legislatures is 23.6 percent.
CONGRESS
Women hold 86, or 16.1%, of the 535 seats in the 110th U.S. Congress
-- 16, or 16.0%, of the 100 seats in the Senate and 70, or 16.1%, of
the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. In addition, three
women serve as delegates to the House from Guam, the Virgin Islands
and Washington, D.C.
• Sixteen women (5R,11D) serve in the Senate.
• Seventy women (20R, 50D) serve in the House.
STATEWIDE ELECTIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
In 2008, 74 women hold statewide elective executive offices
across the country; women hold 23.5% of the 315 available positions.
Among these women, 27 are Republicans, 44 are Democrats and 3 were
elected in nonpartisan races (NP). This is less than the number of
women -- 88, or 27.4% -- serving in 2002.
Governor - 8 (3R, 5D)
Lieutenant Governor - 10 (2R, 8D)
Attorney General - 4 (4D)
Secretary of State - 12 (5R, 7D)
State Treasurer - 11 (4R, 7D)
State Comptroller - 4 (2R, 2D)
State Auditor - 6 (3R, 3D)
Chief State Education Official - 8 (2R, 3D, 3NP)
Commissioner of Insurance - 2 (1R, 1D)
Commissioner of Labor - 1R
Corporation Commissioner - 1R
Public Service Commissioner - 5 (2R, 3D)
Public Regulation Commissioner - 1D
Railroad Commissioner - 1R
STATE LEGISLATURES
In 2008, 1,741 (23.6%) of the 7,382 state legislators in the
United States are women. Women currently hold 423 (21.5%) of the
1,971 state senate seats and 1,318 (24.4%) of the 5,411 state house
seats. The number of women serving in state legislatures has
increased more than four-fold since 1971.
The states with the highest percentages of women state
legislators are:
Vermont – 37.8%
New Hampshire – 35.8%
Washington – 35.4%
Colorado – 35.0%
Minnesota – 34.8%
Hawaii – 32.9%
Arizona – 32.2%
Maryland – 31.4%
Maine – 31.2%
Oregon – 31.1%
MAYORS
As of September 2007, of the 100 largest cities in the United
States, 10 had women mayors: Baltimore; Sacramento; Virginia Beach;
Atlanta; Tulsa; Tampa; Plano, Texas; Glendale, Ariz.; Chula Vista,
Calif.; and, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Of the 245 mayors of cities with populations over 100,000, 30
(12.2%) were women. Of the 1,145 mayors of cities with populations
over 30,000, 185 (16.2%) were women.
Source:
Center
for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University
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