| March Sun, 2024
Women Aren’t Running for Office Like They Used to. The Reason makes Perfect Sense.
Representation for women in political office has long been lacking. Per the Center for American Women and Politics, women presently occupy 25% of the U.S. Senate’s 100 seats, and roughly 29% of seats in the U.S. House.
| March Sun, 2024
A boom of female candidates and the Democratic energy mark the primary in Texas
Although the candidates only represent 26% of the total names on the ballot, the number is a significant increase compared to previous years. Almost three times more than in 2014, according to data from the Center for American Women and Politics.
| March Sun, 2024
New Jersey’s next Legislature will have fewer female leaders
Jean Sinzdak is the associate director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Ahead of last week’s legislative elections, the center was bracing for a loss of female representation, so the election results weren’t a huge surprise, she said.
| March Sat, 2024
Women made up less than ¼ of Florida political donors in 2022
Women donors made up just 29% - 33% of the contributions to general election candidates at statewide and state legislative levels in Florida between 2019 and 2022. That's according to a new report on the "donor" from Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics using data from OpenSecrets.