| November Fri, 2017
Record Number of Women Freeholders Will Serve in 2018
When New Jersey counties swear in their boards of freeholders in January, a record 41 women will be included. CAWP counts a total of 15 winners of 2017 elections who will join 26 holdovers. Women will be 30 percent of all freeholders serving in 2018
| November Wed, 2017
Big Gains for Virginia Democratic Women; New Jersey Elects Nation’s First Black Democratic Woman Lieutenant Governor
Election results tracked by the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, show a number of landmarks for women. New Jersey will have a new woman lieutenant governor.
| November Fri, 2017
Gubernatorial Candidates Respond to Group’s Call for Equity in Government, Promise to Appoint More Women
Both major party candidates for governor of New Jersey have pledged that, if elected, they would appoint women to state offices in significant proportions. Although neither candidate committed to a specific number, both acknowledged that women will play key roles in their administration.
| October Tue, 2017
Report Card for Women Officeholders: Most Counties Need Improvement
Most New Jersey counties continue to draw poor to mediocre grades for their efforts to elect women as freeholders and mayors, but do somewhat better in electing women to local councils.