Facts
Women Congressional and Statewide Elected Executive Candidates 2012
(as of 11/26/12)
Summary
Summary of the number of women congressional and statewide elected executive candidates by level of office, including candidate parties and years when candidate records were set, available here.
Summary of major party women candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House 1992-2012 available here.
Information for state legislative candidates available here.
| AL | AK | AS | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DE | DC | FL | GA | GU | HI |
| IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MO | MS |
| MT | NE | NH | NV | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA |
| SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VA | VT | VI | WA | WV | WI | WY |
General Seat Codes: I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed, IvsI=Incumbent versus Incumbent in redistricted seats, O/U=Open Unopposed.
TCTC = Too Close to Call
| State | Office | Dist. | Candidate Name & Party | General Seat |
General Election Won/Lost |
|
| AL | P.S. Comm. | Lucy Baxley (D) | I | Lost | ||
| P.S. Comm. | Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Martha Roby (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Therese Ford (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Penny Huggins Bailey (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Terri Sewell (D) | I | WON | ||
| AK | U.S. Rep. | AL | Sharon Cissna (D) | C | Lost | |
| AS | U.S. Del. | AL | Aumua Amata Radewagen (R) | C | Lost | |
| AZ | Corp. C. | Marcia Busching (D) | C | Lost | ||
| Corp. C. | Sandra Kennedy (D) | I | Lost | |||
| Corp. C. | Susan Bitter Smith (R) | C | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Martha McSally (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Krysten Sinema (D) | O | WON | ||
| CA | U.S. Sen. | Dianne Feinstein (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Elizabeth Emken (R) | C | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Kim Dolbow Vann (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S Rep. | 06 | Doris Matsui (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Virginia Fuller (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S Rep. | 12 | Nancy Pelosi (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 13 | Barbara Lee (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 14 | Jackie Speier (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 14 | Deborah "Debbie" Bacigalupi (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S Rep. | 17 | Evelyn Li (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S Rep. | 18 | Anna Eshoo (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 19 | Zoe Lofgren (D) | I/U | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 24 | Lois Capps (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 26 | Julia Brownley (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Judy Chu (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 32 | Grace Napolitano (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 35 | Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 36 | Mary Bono Mack (R) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S Rep. | 37 | Karen Bass (D) | I/U | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 38 | Linda Sanchez (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 43 | Maxine Waters (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 44 | Janice Hahn (D) | IvsI | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 44 | Laura Richardson (D) | IvsI | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 46 | Loretta Sanchez (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S Rep. | 53 | Susan Davis (D) | I | WON | ||
| CO | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Diana DeGette (D) | I | WON | |
| CT | U.S. Sen. | Linda McMahon (R) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Rosa DeLauro (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Elizabeth Esty (D) | O | WON | ||
| DE | Lt. Gov. | Sher Valenzuela (R) | C | Lost | ||
| C. Insur. | Karen Weldin Stewart (D) | I | WON | |||
| DC | U.S. Del. | AL | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) | I | WON | |
| FL | U.S. Rep. | 05 | Corrine Brown (D) | I | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | LeAnne Kolb (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Heather Beaven (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Shannon Roberts (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Val Demings (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 13 | Jessica Ehrlich (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 14 | Kathy Castor (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 22 | Lois Frankel (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 23 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 23 | Karen Harrington (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 24 | Frederica Wilson (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) | I | WON | ||
| GA | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Lesli Rae Messinger (D) | C | Lost | |
| GU | U.S. Del. | AL | Madeleine Bordallo (D) | I | WON | |
| HI | U.S. Sen. | Mazie Hirono (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Linda Lingle (R) | O | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Colleen Hanabusa (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Tulsi Gabbard (D) | O | WON | ||
| IA | U.S. Rep. | 04 | Christie Vilsack (D) | C | Lost | |
| ID | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Nicole LeFavour (D) | C | Lost | |
| IL | U.S. Rep. | 06 | Leslie Coolidge (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Rita Zak (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Tammy Duckworth (D) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Jan Schakowsky (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Judy Biggert (R) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 15 | Angela Michael (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Wanda Rohl (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | Cheri Bustos (D) | C | WON | ||
| IN | Lt. Gov. | Vi Simpson (D) | O | Lost | ||
| Lt. Gov. | Sue Ellspermann (R) | O | WON | |||
| Aty. Gen | Kay Fleming (D) | C | Lost | |||
| Sup. P.I. | Glenda Ritz (D) | C | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Jackie Walorski (R) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Tara E. Nelson (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Susan Brooks (R) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Shelli Yoder (D) | C | Lost | ||
| KS | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Lynn Jenkins (R) | I | WON | |
| LA | P.S. Comm. | Sarah Holliday (R) | O | Lost | ||
| ME | U.S. Sen. | Cynthia Dill (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Chellie Pingree (D) | I | WON | ||
| MD | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Wendy Rosen (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Nancy Jacobs (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Donna Edwards (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Faith M. Loudon (R) | C | Lost | ||
| MA | U.S. Sen. | Elizabeth Warren (D) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Niki Tsongas (D) | I | WON | ||
| MI | U.S. Sen. | Debbie Stabenow (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Debra Freidell Wirth (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Candice Miller (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Cynthia Kallgren (R) | C | Lost | ||
| MN | U.S. Sen. | Amy Klobuchar (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Betty McCollum (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Michele Bachmann (R) | I | WON | ||
| MO | Lt. Gov. | Susan Montee (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Claire McCaskill (D) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Robyn Hamlin (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Ann Wagner (R) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Vicky Hartzler (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Teresa Hensley (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Jo Ann Emerson (R) | I | WON | ||
| MS | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Vicki Slater (D) | C | Withdrew | |
| MT | Sec. St. | Linda McCulloch (D) | I | WON | ||
| Aty. Gen. | Pam Bucy (D) | O | Lost | |||
| St. Aud. | Monica Lindeen (D) | I | WON | |||
| Sup. P.I. | Denise Juneau (D) | I | WON | |||
| Sup. P.I. | Sandy Welch (R) | C | Lost | |||
| P.S. Comm. | Gail Gutsche (D) | C | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | AL | Kim Gillan (D) | O | Lost | ||
| NE | U.S. Sen. | Deb Fischer (R) | O | WON | ||
| NH | Gov. | Maggie Hassan (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Carol Shea-Porter (D) | C | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Ann McLane Kuster (D) | C | WON | ||
| NV | U.S. Sen. | Shelley Berkley (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Dina Titus (D) | O | WON | ||
| NJ | U.S. Rep. | 02 | Cassandra Shober (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Shelley Adler (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Anna Little (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Maria Pineiro Karczewski (R) | C | Lost | ||
| NM | P.R. Comm1 | Karen Montoya (D) | O | WON | ||
| P.R. Comm3 | Valerie Espinoza (D) | O | WON | |||
| U.S. Sen. | Heather Wilson (R) | O | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Michele Lujan Grisham (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Janice Arnold-Jones (R) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Evelyn Madrid Erhard (D) | C | Lost | ||
| NY | U.S. Sen. | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Sen. | Wendy Long (R) | C | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Vivianne Falcone (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Carolyn McCarthy (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Grace Meng (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Nydia Velazquez (D) | I/U | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Yvette Clarke (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Carolyn Maloney (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | Nita Lowey (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 18 | Nan Hayworth (R) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 24 | Ann Buerkle (R) | I | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Louise Slaughter (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Maggie Brooks (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Kathy Hochul (D) | I | Lost | ||
| NC | Lt. Gov. | Linda Coleman (D) | O | Lost | ||
| Sec. St. | Elaine Marshall (D) | I | WON | |||
| St. Aud. | Beth Wood (D) | I | WON | |||
| St. Aud. | Debra Goldman (R) | C | Lost | |||
| St. Treas. | Janet Cowell (D) | I | WON | |||
| Sup. P.I. | June Atkinson (D) | I | WON | |||
| C. Labor | Cherie Berry (R) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Renee Ellmers (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Virginia Foxx (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Elizabeth Motsinger (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Jennifer Roberts (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Patsy Keever (D) | C | Lost | ||
| ND | Lt. Gov. | Ellen Chaffee (D) | C | Lost | ||
| Sup. P.I. | Kirsten Baesler (R) | O | WON | |||
| St. Treas. | Kelly Schmidt (R) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Sen. | Heidi Heitkamp (D) | O | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | AL | Pam Gulleson (D) | O | Lost | ||
| OH | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Joyce Beatty (D) | O | WON | |
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Angela Zimmann (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Joyce Healy-Abrams (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | IvsI | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Sharen Neuhardt (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 11 | Marcia Fudge (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 13 | Marisha Agana (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Betty Sutton (D) | IvsI | Lost | ||
| OK | Corp. C. | Patrice Douglas (R) | I/U | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Donna Bebo (D) | C | Lost | ||
| OR | Aty. Gen. | Ellen Rosenblum (D) | O | WON | ||
| Sec. St. | Kate Brown (D) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Suzanne Bonamici (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Delinda Morgan (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Joyce Segers (D) | C | Lost | ||
| PA | Aty. Gen. | Kathleen Kane (D) | O | WON | ||
| St. Treas. | Diana Irey-Vaughn (R) | C | Lost | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Missa Eaton (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Kathryn Boockvar (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 09 | Karen Ramsburg (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 13 | Allyson Schwartz (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Aryanna Strader (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 17 | Laureen Cummings (R) | C | Lost | ||
| SC | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Bobbi Rose (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Deb Morrow (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep | 05 | Joyce Knott (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Gloria Bromell Tinubu (D) | O | Lost | ||
| SD | U.S. Rep. | AL | Kristi Noem (R) | I | WON | |
| TN | U.S. Rep. | 03 | Mary Headrick (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 06 | Diane Black (R) | I/U | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 07 | Marsha Blackburn (R) | I | WON | ||
| TX | RR Comm. | Christi Craddick (R) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Shirley McKellar (D) | C | Lost | ||
U.S. Rep. |
04 | VaLinda Hathcox (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Linda Mrosko (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Tawana Cadien (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 12 | Kay Granger (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 16 | Barbara Carrasco (R) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 21 | Candace Duval (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 22 | Kesha Rogers (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 25 | Elaine Henderson (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 27 | Rose Meza Harrison (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 30 | Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 32 | Katherine Savers McGovern (D) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 34 | Jessica Puente Bradshaw (R) | O | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 35 | Susan Narvaiz (R) | O | Lost | ||
| UT | U.S. Rep. | 01 | Donna McAleer (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Mia Love (R) | C | Lost | ||
| VA | U.S. Rep. | 04 | Ella Ward (D) | C | Lost | |
| U.S. Rep. | 10 | Kristin Cabral (D) | C | Lost | ||
| VT | Lt. Gov. | Cassandra Gekas (D) | C | Lost | ||
| St. Tres. | Beth Pearce (D) | I | WON | |||
| St. Tres. | Wendy Wilton (R) | C | Lost | |||
| VI | U.S. Del. | AL | Donna Christensen (D) | I | WON | |
| WA | Sec. St. | Kim Wyman (R) | O | WON | ||
| Sec. St. | Kathleen Drew (D) | O | Lost | |||
| U.S. Sen. | Maria Cantwell (D) | I | WON | |||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Suzan DelBene (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 03 | Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Mary Baechler (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 05 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 08 | Karen Porterfield (D) | C | Lost | ||
| WV | Sec. St. | Natalie Tennant (D) | I | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 01 | Sue Thorn (D) | C | Lost | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 02 | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | I | WON | ||
| WI | U.S. Sen. | Tammy Baldwin (D) | O | WON | ||
| U.S. Rep. | 04 | Gwen Moore (D) | I | WON | ||
| WY | U.S. Rep. | AL | Cynthia Lummis (R) | I | WON | |