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WOMEN CANDIDATES IN 1999
ELECTIONS RESULTS

Statewide Office - Election Results
  KY Gov. Peppy Martin (R) Lost
  KY Lt. Gov. Wanda Cornelius (R) Lost
  LA Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) Won
  LA C. Elections Suzanne Heik Terrell (R) Won
  MS Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck (D) Won


State Legislative Office - General Election Winners

State Legislature 2000

   
 Senate 
  D     R  
 
Total Wom./
Total Senate
  
House
  D     R  
 
Total Wom./
 Total House 
  
Total Wom./
 Total Leg. 
  
% Wom.
 Overall 
LA  
2
0
       2/39  
16
5
       21/105       23/144       16.0
MS  
6
0
     6/52  
10
4
     15/122     21/174     12.1
NJ  
1
2
     3/40*  
10
6
     16/80     19/120     15.8
VA  
8
0
     8/40  
7
8
     15/100     23/140     16.4
*New Jersey State Senate did not have elections in 1999, three women return in 2000 as holdovers. 


Mayoral Office (Major Cities) - Election Results
Tucson, AZ Molly McKasson (D) - Open Lost
  San Francisco, CA (Non Partisan) Lucrecia Bermudez - Challenger Lost
  Indianapolis, IN Sue Ann Gilroy (R) - Open Lost
  Charlotte, NC (Non-Partisan) Ella Scarborough (D) - Challenger Lost
  Raleigh, NC (Non Partisan) Stephanie Fanjul - Open
Carolyn Grant - Open
Venita Peyton -Open		 Lost
Lost
Lost
  Columbus, OH (Non Partisan) Dorothy Teater - Open Lost
  Memphis, TN (Non-Partisan) Mary Rose McCormick - Challenger Lost

 

  

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