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The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers. CAWP's mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding of women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.
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3w ago
Two primaries were held on Tuesday in Illinois and Ohio. Full context about women in the 2024 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, and historical comparisons, is available via the Center for American Women and Politics’ (CAWP) Election Watch.Among the most notable results for women:All women U.S. House incumbents from Illinois and Ohio will run ..read more
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3w ago
We recently launched CAWP’s Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024—a project that will follow the gender implications of campaign finance with the help of data from OpenSecrets. We’re analyzing major party candidates – women and men – in congressional and state elections with a focus on money raised from individuals including self-financed contributions. We’ll ..read more
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6M ago
LAST UPDATED: October 16, 2023 (2:00pm) Nonpartisan primaries were held on Saturday in Louisiana. Candidates who received more than 50% of the vote won the election outright, while the top two vote-getters in the remaining contests will advance to a November 18th general election. Currently, five contests with women candidates remain too close to call, so ..read more
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8M ago
Women continued to vote at higher rates than men in the 2022 midterm elections, as they have done for more than four decades. However, understanding why women turn out at higher rates than their male counterparts – across age and racial/ethnic groups – is at least partly context-dependent and specific to particular groups. In 2022, abortion was a mobilizing ..read more
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8M ago
LAST UPDATED: August 9, 2023 (2:45pm) State legislative primaries were held on Tuesday in Mississippi. Currently, two contests with women candidates remain too close to call, so this post will be updated as results are determined. Full context about women in the 2023 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, and historical comparisons, is available ..read more