Record Number of Women Running for Congress

[lpetrich]

ABC News Politics on Twitter: "490 women are running for congressional seats this year, a new record high. https://t.co/ouT4MuV49d" / Twitter
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Women candidates reach new highs across House battlefield in 2020 - ABC News - "490 women are running for congressional seats this year, a new record high."

In the race for the top of the ticket, female contenders set a new record in the 2020 Democratic primary, with six women seeking the highest office in the country.

But beyond the presidential contest, which is now settled with presumptive nominee Joe Biden already vowing to pick a woman to be his number two, a surge of women candidates are running for office down-ballot this cycle.

Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Marianne Williamson, Amy Klobuchar

It's a record number of women running for the House, beating the record in 2018 of 476. Also a record number of Republican women, beating the previous record of 133 back in 2010.

At least 10 House districts will have woman-vs-woman general election battles.

Candidate Summary - 2020 | CAWP

US Senate:
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[TR]
[TD]Where[/TD]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[TD]Dem[/TD]
[TD]Rep[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Already Present[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Incumbents Running[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Running for Open Seats[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Challengers[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Total Running[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Seats[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

US House:
[TABLE="class: grid"]
[TR]
[TD]Where[/TD]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[TD]Dem[/TD]
[TD]Rep[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Already present[/TD]
[TD]101[/TD]
[TD]88[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Incumbents Running[/TD]
[TD]96[/TD]
[TD]85[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Running for Open Seats[/TD]
[TD]101[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD]37[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Challengers[/TD]
[TD]294[/TD]
[TD]161[/TD]
[TD]133[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Total Running[/TD]
[TD]491[/TD]
[TD]310[/TD]
[TD]181[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Seats[/TD]
[TD]297[/TD]
[TD]242[/TD]
[TD]133[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Not Returning[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Open Seats[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Politesse]

More power to them! It's still nothing like proportionate to the number of men who run each time.