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Maloy is the fifth woman to represent Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives, and her swearing-in will set new records for the number of women in Congress, 151; women in the House, 126; Republican women in Congress, 43; and Republican women in the House, 34, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
Read MoreMaloy is the fifth woman to represent Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives, and her swearing-in will set new records for the number of women in Congress, 151; women in the House, 126; Republican women in Congress, 43; and Republican women in the House, 34, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
Read MoreKristoffer Shields of the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University emphasizes the changing perception of governors, stating, “The governor has long been an underappreciated center of power in US politics, but that changed a little bit during COVID.”
Read MoreAnd the icing on the cake for Menendez — a recent Eagleton/Rutgers University had a 6% favorability rating among New Jersey registered voters, while 69% viewed him unfavorably. Only 9% of Democratic voters still view him favorably, a warning sign for his primary contest against Murphy and Kim.
Read MoreAlthough these appointees can have a huge impact on the lives of residents, the demographic makeup of these boards is vastly different than the state’s. White men account for about 45% of appointed officials but they are only 27% of the state’s population, according to a new report from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. No other group comes close to that kind of representation for its relative population.
Read MoreNationally, 65.4 percent of women lawmakers are Democrats, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Read MoreIn the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, 41% of the nearly 1,000 New Jersey adults who were surveyed said that they do not know U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., 3rd District, who's been serving the Garden State on the federal level since 2019.
Read MoreMaloy will be only the fifth woman to represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. After she is sworn in, there will be new records for the number of women in Congress, 151; women in the House, 126; Republican women in Congress, 43; and Republican women in the House, 34, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
Read More“This is how our system works and she’s taking advantage of it. And this may be the way we see our first woman in the U.S. Senate,” said Debbie Walsh, director of Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.
Read MoreOver two-thirds of New Jerseyans are either unsure or unaware about them at the moment, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Read MoreFollowing indictments for bribery, conspiracy and being an unregistered agent of a foreign government, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has upside-down favorables of 6%-69% among registered voters in New Jersey, according to an Eagleton-Rutgers poll conducted more than two weeks ago and released today.
Read MoreCaretaking is one of several hurdles that keep women from serving in public office, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
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