Women in Elective Office 2016
Women in Elective Office 2016
In 2016, women hold 105, or 19.6%, of the 535 seats in the 114th U.S. Congress - 20, or 20.0%, of the 100 seats in the Senate and 85, or 19.5%, of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the first woman Speaker of the House, is now minority leader.
plus 4 (3D, 1R) Delegates
In 2016, 75 women hold statewide elective executive offices across the country; women hold 24.0% of the 312 available positions. Among these women, 33 are Democrats, 41 are Republicans and 1 is non-partisan.
1 non-partisan
| NH | Maggie Hassan (D) |
| NM | Susana Martinez (R) |
| OK | Mary Fallin (R) |
| OR | Kate Brown (D) |
| RI | Gina Raimondo (D) |
| SC | Nikki Haley (R) |
| AL | Kay Ivey (R) | MA | Karyn Polito (R) | |
| CO | Donna Lynne (D) | MN | Tina Smith (DFL) | |
| CT | Nancy Wyman (D) | NJ | Kim Guadagno (R) | |
| IA | Kim Reynolds (R) | NY | Kathy Hochul (D) | |
| IL | Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) | OH | Mary Taylor (R) | |
| KY | Jenean Hampton (R) | WI | Rebecca Kleefisch (R) |
| Attorney General - 8 (5D, 3R) | Agriculture and Commerce Commisioner - 1R | |
| Secretary of State - 13 (7D, 6R) | Commisioner of Insurance - 1D | |
| State Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer - 8 (4D, 4R) | Commissioner of Labor - 1R | |
| State Comptroller - 2 (1D, 1R) | Corporation Commissioner - 1R | |
| State Auditor - 9 (5D, 4R) | Public Service Commissioner - 2R | |
| Chief State Educational Official - 9 (3D, 5R, 1 non-partisan) | Public Utilities Commissioner - 1R | |
| Railroad Commissioner - 1R |
In 2016, 1,806 (1,080D, 707R, 11NP*, 4Ind, 3Prg., 1WFP*), or 24.5%, of the 7,383 state legislators in the United States are women. Women hold 443 (264D, 167R, 11NP, 1Ind.), or 22.5%, of the 1,972 state senate seats and 1,363 (816D, 540R, 3Ind., 3Prg., 1WFP), or 25.2%, of the 5,411 state house seats. Since 1971, the number of women serving in state legislatures has more than quintupled.
Includes 11 non-partisan, 4 Independent, 3 Progressive, 1 Working Families Party
Vermont (41.1%)
Arizona (35.6%)
Washington (34.0%)
Minnesota (33.3%)
Illinois (32.8%)
Maryland (31.9%)
Nevada (31.7%)
Montana (31.3%)
Oregon (31.1%)
Wyoming (13.3%)
South Carolina (14.1%)
Oklahoma (14.1%)
Alabama (14.3%)
Louisiana (15.3%)
West Virginia (14.9%)
Utah (15.4%)
Kentucky (15.9%)
Tennessee (16.7%)
Municipal Officials
As of December 2016, among the 100 largest cities in the U.S., 19 had women mayors. Four are Black (Ivy Taylor, San Antonio, TX; Muriel Bowser, Washington, DC; Paula Hicks-Hudson, Toledo, OH; Catherine Pugh, Baltimore, MD); one is Latina (Mary Casillas Salas, Chula Vista, CA); and one is Asian Pacific Islander (Lily Mei, Fremont, CA).
As of July 2016, per the U.S. Conference of Mayors, of the 285 mayors of the U.S. cities with populations 100,000 and over, 50, or 17.5%, were women. Of the 1,361 mayors of U.S. cities with populations 30,000 and above, 262, or 19.3%, were women. Full list here.
| City | Mayor | Rank |
|---|---|---|
|
San Antonio, TX |
Ivy R. Taylor |
8 |
Percentages of Women in Elective Office
| Year |
U.S. Congress |
Statewide Elective |
State Legislatures |
Year |
U.S. Congress |
Statewide Elective |
State Legislatures |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3% | 7% | N/A | 1997 | 11.0% | 25.4% | 21.6% | |
| 1973 | 3% | 8% | N/A | 1999 | 12.1% | 27.6% | 22.4% | |
| 1975 | 4% | 10% | 8% | 2001 | 13.6% | 27.6% | 22.4% | |
| 1977 | 4% | 10% | 9% | 2003 | 13.6% | 26.0% | 22.4% | |
| 1979 | 3% | 11% | 10% | 2005 | 15.0% | 25.7% | 22.4% | |
| 1981 | 4% | 11% | 12% | 2007 | 16.1% | 24.1% | 23.5% | |
| 1983 | 4% | 11% | 13% | 2009 | 16.8% | 22.6% | 24.3% | |
| 1985 | 5% | 14% | 15% | 2011 | 16.8% | 22.1% | 23.7% | |
| 1987 | 5% | 14% | 16% | 2012 | 16.8% | 23.4% | 23.7% | |
| 1989 | 5% | 14% | 16% | 2013 | 18.5% | 23.0% | 24.2% | |
| 1991 | 6% | 18% | 18% | 2014 | 18.7% | 22.6% | 24.3% | |
| 1993 | 10.1% | 22.2% | 20.5% | 2015 | 19.4% | 24.7% | 24.6% | |
| 1995 | 10.3% | 25.9% | 20.6% | 2016 | 19.6% | 24.0% | 24.5% |