| March Wed, 2019
NJ Has Record Number Of Female County Freeholders: Study
“On March 6, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, issued the first part of its ‘New Jersey County Report Card,’ which tracked female county freeholders and mayors around the state.”
| March Mon, 2019
Tara Campbell Is California’s Youngest-Ever Female Mayor
“‘I think there’s always been an assumption that women will do much better at the municipal level because they don’t have to leave home, right, to do this job,’ says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”
| March Fri, 2019
Record-breaking wins by female candidates in 2018 inspiring more to run
“Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, Kelly Dittmar and the Director of Progressive Programming for Sirius XM, Zerlina Maxwell join Chris Jansing to discuss the factors at play behind the surge of women candidates in 2019 elections.”
| February Tue, 2019
Georgia Legislature has more female lawmakers, more bills about women
“The 2018 election saw a record number of women running up and down the ballot. That led to women making up 30.5 percent of Georgia’s Legislature, up from 25 percent in 2017 and 20 percent 10 years ago, according to an analysis by Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.”