Election Update
With the last primary completed on September 18th, Center for American Women and Politics sums up the picture for women candidates
in 2010 in its latest press release. Among the highlights:
- While a record number of Republican women filed to run for the U.S. House and Senate this year, many were defeated in primaries. The final number of women congressional candidates is slightly lower than the all-time high set in 2004.
- Democratic women did not run in record numbers, but they won their primaries at a higher rate than Republican women. The total number of Democratic women running continues to exceed the total number of Republican women by a considerable margin.
- The number of women running for governor this year ties the record high set in 1994 and repeated in 2006.
- No woman of color has ever been elected governor of a state, but this year two are strong contenders in their states.
Overall, the number of women candidates remains similar to past years, with no dramatic increase. Thank you for “reading beyond the headline.”
Rutgers University * Eagleton Institute of Politics * Center for American Women and Politics
About the Center for American Women and Politics:The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation.
State Fact Sheet – Arizona (for other states, visit www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/resources/state_fact_sheets/ )
| Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | U.S. Representative | 2009-present |
| Gabrielle Giffords (D) | U.S. Representative | 2007-present |
| Karan English (D) | U.S. Representative | 1993-1995 |
| Isabella Selmes Greenway (D)1 | U.S. Representative | 1933-1937 |
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| Jan Brewer (R) | Governor | 2009-present |
| Secretary of State | 2003-2009 | |
| Sandra Kennedy (D) | Corporation Commissioner | 2003-present |
| Kristin K. Mayes (R) | Corporation Commissioner | 2003-2009 |
| Kristen Mayes (R) | Corporation Commissioner | 2009-present |
| Janet Napolitano (D) | Governor | 2003-2009 |
| Attorney General | 1999-2003 | |
| Carol Springer (R) | State Treasurer | 2001-2003; |
| State Auditor | 1999-2001 | |
| Betsey Bayless1 | Secretary of State | 1997-2003 |
| Jane Dee Hull (R)2 | Governor | 1997-2003 |
| Lisa Graham Keegan(R) | Sup. of Public Instruct. | 1995-2001 |
| Marcia Weeks (D) | Corporation Commissioner | 1985-1999 |
| Jane Dee Hull (R) | Secretary of State | 1995-1997 |
| C. Diane Bishop (D) | Sup. of Public Instruct. | 1987-1995 |
| Rose Mofford (D)3 | Governor | 1988-1991 |
| Rose Mofford (D)4 | Secretary of State | 1977-1987 |
| Sharon Megdal (D)5 | Corporation Commissioner | 1985-1986 |
| Carolyn Warner (D) | Sup. of Public Instruct. | 1975-1986 |
| Marianne Jennings (R)6 | Corporation Commissioner | 1984 |
| Diane McCarthy (R) | Corporation Commissioner | 1981-1984 |
| Sarah Folsom (R)7 | Sup. of Public Instruct. | 1965-1969 |
| Jewel W. Jordan (D) | State Auditor | 1951-1968 |
| Ana Frohmiller (D) | State Auditor | 1927-1950 |
| Elsie Toles (R) | Sup. of Public Instruct. | 1921-1923 |
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| Year | State Rank |
Senate | Total Women/ Total Senate |
House | Total Women/ Total House |
Total Women/ Total Legis. |
% Total Women |
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| D | R | D | R | I | |||||||||
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11/ | 30 | 9 | 9 | 18/ | 60 | 29/ | 90 | 32.2 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12/ | 30 | 9 | 7 | 16/ | 60 | 28/ | 90 | 31.1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14/ | 30 | 9 | 8 | 17/ | 60 | 31/ | 90 | 34.4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13/ | 30 | 9 | 8 | 17/ | 60 | 30/ | 90 | 33.3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9/ | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21/ | 60 | 30/ | 90 | 33.3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10/ | 30 | 10 | 10 | 20/ | 60 | 30/ | 90 | 33.3 | |
| 2004 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8/ | 30 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17/ | 60 | 25/ | 90 | 27.8 |
| 2003 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8/ | 30 | 8 | 9 | 17/ | 60 | 25/ | 90 | 27.8 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11/ | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21/ | 60 | 32/ | 90 | 35.6 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10/ | 30 | 10 | 12 | 22/ | 60 | 32/ | 90 | 35.6 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7/ | 30 | 9 | 16 | 25/ | 60 | 32/ | 90 | 35.6 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7/ | 30 | 9 | 16 | 25/ | 60 | 32/ | 90 | 35.6 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8/ | 30 | 8 | 17 | 25/ | 60 | 33/ | 90 | 36.7 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8/ | 30 | 9 | 17 | 26/ | 60 | 34/ | 90 | 37.8 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8/ | 30 | 7 | 12 | 19/ | 60 | 27/ | 90 | 30.0 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8/ | 30 | 7 | 12 | 19/ | 60 | 27/ | 90 | 30.0 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9/ | 30 | 9 | 12 | 21/ | 60 | 30/ | 90 | 33.3 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9/ | 30 | 9 | 12 | 21/ | 60 | 30/ | 90 | 33.3 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8/ | 30 | 10 | 13 | 23/ | 60 | 31/ | 90 | 34.4 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8/ | 30 | 10 | 13 | 23/ | 60 | 31/ | 90 | 34.4 | |
| 1990 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5/ | 30 | 9 | 13 | 22/ | 60 | 27/ | 90 | 30.0 | |
| 1989 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5/ | 30 | 9 | 13 | 22/ | 60 | 27/ | 90 | 30.0 | |
| 1988 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6/ | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15/ | 60 | 21/ | 90 | 23.3 | |
| 1987 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6/ | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15/ | 60 | 21/ | 90 | 23.3 | |
| 1986 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4/ | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14/ | 60 | 18/ | 90 | 20.0 | |
| 1985 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4/ | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14/ | 60 | 18/ | 90 | 20.0 | |
| 1984 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5/ | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14/ | 60 | 19/ | 90 | 21.1 | |
| 1983 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5/ | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14/ | 60 | 19/ | 90 | 21.1 | |
| 1981 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5/ | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12/ | 60 | 17/ | 90 | 18.9 | |
| 1979 | 4 | – | – | 4/ | 30 | – | – | 13/ | 60 | 17/ | 90 | 18.9 | |
| 1977 | 3 | – | – | 6/ | 30 | – | – | 10/ | 60 | 16/ | 90 | 17.8 | |
| 1975 | 2 | – | – | 5/ | 30 | – | – | 13/ | 60 | 18/ | 90 | 20.0 | |
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