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Track key Senate races featuring women candidates, including Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona, Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and more.
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Much attention was paid to women’s political success across levels of office in 2018, when women ran for and won elected offices in record numbers. But women made history again in the 2020 election, albeit by smaller margins and to less fanfare. As emphasized in our 2018 report, the story of women’s political success is more complex than the record...
As a result of the 2020 election, the number of women serving in the U.S. Congress reached a new high.1 A record number of women filed for the U.S. House and Senate, and a record number of women won nomination and were elected to the U.S. House.2Moreover, the number of female candidates who filed for the U.S. House increased by 22.5% from 2018 to 2...
A record number of women were state legislative nominees in 2020 and a record number of women serve in state legislatures in 2021.17However, the increase in women state legislative nominees and officeholders was very small in comparison to gains in 2018. While the number of women nominees for state legislative office increased by 29% from 2016 to 2...
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35 seats were contested in 2020. Note: As of December 2, 2020, the Senate was 52-48 Republican, as Arizona special election winner Mark Kelly (D) was seated. While this page is meant to reflect the Senate composition leading into the 2020 election, we’ve temporarily updated the map for this change. Results for the 35 Senate seats contested in ...
StateIncumbentSinceTermAKDan Sullivan20151stALDoug Jones20181stAZMartha McSally20191stCOCory Gardner20151stNov 3, 2020 · U.S. Senate Election Results: Democrats Win. Democrats claimed control of the Senate after flipping four seats, including two in Georgia that were decided in January runoffs. Vice President-elect...
Nov 5, 2020 · Three New Mexico women won their districts making them the first all-female congressional delegation to represent a state. Deb Haaland, one of the first Native American woman in Congress, was...
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these, 21 were held by Republicans, and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to 6-year terms from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2027.
Nov 6, 2020 · By Halley Bondy. The outcome of the 2020 election has made one thing crystal clear: women on both sides of the political aisle have won big. So far, women candidates have secured 134...
