| November Tue, 2023
Schapiro: The women in Virginia’s future
Virginia wouldn’t be the first state with two women in the Senate. Eight states have been represented in that body by two women simultaneously, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
| November Tue, 2023
What to Know in Washington: Black Women Pursue Change in Senate
Despite gains in downballot races, the top jobs have been more difficult to achieve. Black women hold 374 seats in state legislatures, making up 5% of state lawmakers nationwide, according to Black Women in American Politics 2023, a report by the group Higher Heights and the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
| November Tue, 2023
Black Women are Still Underrepresented in U.S. Politics. They Need Funding to Fairly Compete.
Our amazing allies at Higher Heights and the Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP) recently released the latest version of their report on Black Women in American Politics, which seeks to identify and analyze the underrepresentation of Black women in elected office.
| November Tue, 2023
Advocates push for more representation of Black women in politics
“When we look at the starkest areas of underrepresentation, statewide offices like a governor or someone who’s running for U.S. Senate, some of those barriers are particular to electability biases by those who are the gatekeepers in the political sphere,” said report author Kelly Dittmar.