| May Wed, 2019
States passing abortion bans have among the lowest rates of women in power
“Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, told ABC News when it comes to a whole range of policy issues, ‘research has shown that women legislators bring different perspectives.’”
| May Wed, 2019
Drawn to Public Service, He Found a World of Experience at Rutgers
Nicholas Pellitta is a 2019 alum of the Eagleton Undergraduate Associates Program. "Earlier this year Pellitta was named a Schwarzman Scholar and will spend a year at a Chinese university earning a master’s degree in global affairs."
| May Wed, 2019
N.J. Legislature politicians are mostly white, male and over 50. Is anybody surprised? Check the data.
“A lack of female legislators is not just a New Jersey problem. The Garden State’s 31 percent currently ranks 19th out of the 50 states in the percentage of female state lawmakers, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”
| May Sat, 2019
Moms on the run: What is motherhood like on the campaign trail?
“In 2018, 529 new and incumbent women ran for Congress, and 117 of them won, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”