Could women succeed term-limited women governors in Kansas and Michigan?
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Campaign giving is often explained primarily through income and wealth. But new research from CAWP Senior Scholar Kira Sanbonmatsu finds that financial resources alone do not fully explain who contributes to political campaigns.
Ida Schmertz, Who Studied Women in Politics, Dies at 91: An immigrant who aspired to government service, she helped found the pathbreaking Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers (@cawp-ru.bsky.social). 🎁Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...
Ida Schmertz, Who Studied Women in Politics, Dies at 91 (Gift Article)
An immigrant who aspired to government service, she helped found the pathbreaking Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers.
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Read our full analysis of how women fared in Arizona’s primaries: cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results...
Results from the July 21st Primary in Arizona
Primary elections were held on Tuesday in Arizona. Results below are for statewide and federal contests.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2w agoArizona primary results by gender, from @cawp-ru.bsky.social Kinda stark partisan divide
Arizona held its primary elections yesterday. Could the results expand the number of women in the state’s congressional delegation?
Darline Graham Nordone (R, SC) has been sworn in to the U.S. Senate after Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to serve the remainder of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term.
CAWP was founded in July 1971. Here’s what women’s representation looked like then — and why the work continues.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has appointed Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, to serve the remainder of his term.
Yesterday in 1972, Shirley Chisholm’s name was placed into nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention, a historic moment in her groundbreaking campaign.
We are pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards. In the program’s fourth year, four scholars were selected for their research on gender in American political life.
Colorado could send its first Black woman to Congress and elect its first Latina to statewide executive office.
Colorado voters head to the polls today for the final regularly scheduled primary before contests resume in August. Follow CAWP’s Election Watch for results and analysis, and SWIPE for a look at the August primaries ahead.
New women are set to join New York’s congressional delegation after Tuesday’s primaries.
📢 New CAWP analysis adds supplemental ActBlue and WinRed donation filings to the picture of political giving in election 2026.
A record number of Democratic women (364) have filed to run for U.S. House seats this year, according to @cawp-ru.bsky.social, passing the previous record with filing deadlines still open in several states.
What does leadership look like after NEW Leadership®? On Day 2 of NEW Leadership® New Jersey, students gathered for an evening keynote dinner featuring Jess Morales Rocketto, founder and executive director of Maremoto.
Interesting reading about how public policy interacts with people's everyday lives.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Our society’s approach to menopause and perimenopause reflects the deep flaws of a health system that has long treated women as an afterthought,” Melinda French Gates writes.
Women are running for governor in record numbers in election 2026.
“Women have contributed 43% of all money given to [2026] Democratic congressional candidates, whereas women have only contributed 29% of all money given to Republican congressional candidates” and other new findings from @cawp-ru.bsky.social cawp.rutgers.edu/research/caw...
Money Watch 2026
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Updates for women candidates following yesterday's primary runoff elections in Texas. Find out more here: cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results...
Which New Jersey counties rank highest for women’s representation in local and county government? CAWP’s 2026 New Jersey County Report Card finds that Union, Essex, and Somerset rank highest overall, while Ocean, Sussex, and Cape May rank lowest.
New from University Press of Kansas: The Trump First Term: Appraisals and Aftermath brings together leading scholars of American politics to examine Donald Trump’s first presidency.
Tulsi Gabbard announced her upcoming resignation as director of national intelligence.
Georgia once again has the opportunity to elect the nation’s first Black woman governor. Primary elections were held on Tuesday in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. In addition, Louisiana held its primary election for U.S. Senate on Saturday.
Learn more about congresswomen who have given birth in office, as well as all mothers in Congress through history, in our blogpost, "Congresswoman and Motherhood": cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/congres...
