The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, is sharing key initial results for women candidates for Congress and statewide ...

Tomorrow, the 119th Congress will be convened and its members sworn in. For the first time since 2011, the number of women serving in Congress will decline as a result of November congressional ...

Explore CAWP's leadership training programs, events, and ways to support or join our mission to advance women's political participation and representation in American politics. CAWP enhances knowledge ...

In January of 2019 the right-wing news outlet The Daily Caller published fake revenge-porn photographs of freshman Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. The headline read “Here’s the Photo Some ...

There are 35 U.S. Senate elections in 2026, including 33 regularly-scheduled and two special election contests. While we begin the cycle with a net deficit of women senators due to departures, there ...

Primary elections were held on Tuesday in six states: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. In addition, Louisiana held its primary election for the U.S. Senate on Saturday.

Explore CAWP's leadership training programs, events, and ways to support or join our mission to advance women's political participation and representation in American politics.

The Higher Heights Leadership Fund, in partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, today released Black ...

Primary elections were held yesterday in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming. Full results for women candidates in federal and statewide executive races are available on this post on our Election Analysis ...

Primary elections were held on Tuesday in three states: Alaska, Florida, Wyoming. Full context about women in the 2026 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, and historical comparisons, are ...

With results from the final congressional races featuring women candidates determined today in Alaska’s Senate and House contests, women will set a new record for seats held in the U.S. Congress and ...

With the first primary elections of the 2026 midterms just two weeks away, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, shares ...