| March Tue, 2024
Diversity Triumphs in Essex County’s State Races: 2023 election
According to a recent report from the Center for American Women and Politics, white men are “by far the most overrepresented group in New Jersey’s political offices.”
| March Tue, 2024
Philadelphia’s new mayor — its 100th — makes history with her election
Currently, eight Black women serve as mayors in the top 100 most populous cities in the U.S., according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
| March Tue, 2024
Black Female Mayors still often face racial and gender bias
According to researchers at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, was the first Black woman elected by a popular vote to lead an American municipality in 1971.
| March Tue, 2024
Column: Nikki Haley is on the rise. Can she surpass Donald Trump?
She is the fifth Republican woman to run for president, compared with 12 female Democrats who have launched bids, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.