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Facts
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Election
2002 Summary of Results for Women Nominees:
Congressional and Gubernatorial Races
Governors
In the wake of the 2002 elections, there are 6 women governors, 4
Democrats and 2 Republicans. In addition to the holdovers in Delaware (Ruth
Ann Minner-D) and Montana (Judy Martz-R) there is a Republican woman governor
in Hawaii (Linda Lingle) and Democratic women governors in Kansas (Kathleen
Sebelius), Arizona (Janet Napolitano) and Michigan (Jennifer Granholm).
U.S. Senate
In the 108th Congress, there are 13 women in the Senate, the
same number as in the 107th Congress. The party breakdown is 9 Democrats
and 4 Republicans. The newest Republican Senator is Elizabeth Dole (NC). Senator
Susan
Collins (R-ME) and Sentaor Mary Landrieu (D-LA) were re-elected, while
Senator Jean Carnahan (D_MO) lost her race. The holdovers in the Senate are
California Democrats Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Washington Democrats
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, Maine Republican Olympia Snowe, Texas Republican
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lambert Lincoln, Michigan Democrat
Debbie Stabenow, New York Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Maryland Democrat
Barbara Mikulski.
U.S. House of
Representatives
In the 108th Congress, there are 59 women House members
(38D, 21R), the same number as in the 107th Congress, along with
three non-voting Democratic women delegates from Washington DC, the US Virgin
Islands, and Guam. Prior to the election, three women had announced their retirements,
two had lost primaries, and one died. In addition, two female House members
lost their 2002 races (Connie Morella, R-MD and Karen Thurman, D-FL). There
are seven first-term women in the House, 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats.
The
Republicans are Marilyn Musgrave (CO), Katherine Harris (FL), Ginny Brown-Waite
(FL), Candice Miller (MI), Marsha Blackburn (TN). The new Democrats are Denise
Majette (G) and Linda Sanchez (CA).
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