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Facts


Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2011

71 (39D, 31R, 1NP)


GOVERNORS - 6 (2D, 4R)
AZ
OK
NC Beverly Perdue (D)
NM Susana Martinez (R)
SC Nikki Haley (R)
WA
  
LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS - 11 (4D, 7R)
AL Kay Ivey (R)*
CT Nancy Wyman (D)*
FL Jennifer Carroll (R)
IA
IL Sheila Simon (D)
IN
MN
NJ Kim Guadagno (R)
OH
RI
WI
     * Elected independent of the governor.
  
ATTORNEY GENERAL - 7 (5D, 2R)
CA Kamala Harris (D)
FL Pam Bondi (R)
IL
MA
MN
NV
PA Linda Kelly (R)
 
SECRETARY OF STATE -11 (8D, 3R)
AL
CA
CT
KY Elaine Walker (D)
MI
MO
MT Linda McCulloch (D)
NC
NM
OR Kate Brown (D)
WV
 
STATE TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - 7 (6D, 1R)
AR
CT Denise Nappier (D)
NC Janet Cowell (D)
ND
NV
RI
VT Beth Pearce (D)
   
STATE AUDITOR - 7 (5D, 2R)
AL
KY
MA Suzanne Bump (D)
MN
Rebecca Otto (DFL)*
MT Monica Lindeen (D)
NC Beth Wood (D)
WY
     * The Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party is the state's Democratic Party.
   
STATE COMPTROLLER/CONTROLLER 4 (1D, 3R)
ID
IL Judy Topinka (R)
NV
TX
 
CHIEF STATE EDUCATION OFFICIAL 5 (2D, 2R, 1NP*)
(title varies from state to state)
MT
NC
OK
OR
WY Cindy Hill (R)
  * Election was nonpartisan.
 
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE - 2 (1D, 1R)
DE Karen Weldin Stewart (D)
KS
 
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR - 1R
NC
 
CORPORATION COMMISIONER - 3 (1D, 2R)
AZ Sandra D. Kennedy (D)
AZ Brenda Burns (R)
OK Dana Murphy (R)
 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER - 4 (3D, 1R)
AL Lucy Baxley (D)
AL
MT Gail Gutsche (D)
NE
 
PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER - 1D
NM
 
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER - 1R
SD
 
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER - 1R
TX