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Women in State Legislatures for 2015

Women in State Legislatures for 2015

2/5/2015

Women's Legislative Network logoNOTE: Information is subject to change due to resignations, appointments and special elections.

Approximately 1,782 women will serve in the 50 state legislatures in the 2015 legislative session. Women will make up 24.1 percent of all state legislators nationwide.

This is represents essentially no change from the 2014 session's ratio of 24.2 percent.

Read about women serving in legislative leadership in 2015 here.

Women Serving in the 50 States, 2015

State
Number of Women Legislators in the House / Assembly
Number of Women Legislators in the Senate
Total Number of Women Legislators
Total Seats in the Legislature
Percentage of Women in the Legislature
Alabama
16
4
20
140
14.3%
Alaska
12
5
17
60
28.3%
Arizona
19
13
32
90
35.6%
Arkansas
20
7
27
135
20.0%
California
19
11
30
120
25.0%
Colorado
29
12
41
100
41.0%
Connecticut
44
9
53
187
28.3%
Delaware
9
6
15
62
24.2%
Florida
27
12
39
160
24.4%
Georgia
44
9
53
236
22.5%
Hawaii
13
8
21
76
27.6%
Idaho
19
9
28
105
26.7%
Illinois
40
15
55
177
31.1%
Indiana
21
9
30
150
20.0%
Iowa
27
7
34
150
22.7%
Kansas
28
13
41
165
24.8%
Kentucky
19
4
23
138
16.7%
Louisiana
13
4 17
144
11.8%
Maine
45
8
53
186
28.5%
Maryland
46
13
59
188
31.4%
Massachusetts
38
12
50
200
25.0%
Michigan
27
4
31
148
20.9%
Minnesota
44
23
67
201
33.3%
Mississippi
22
8
30
174
17.2%
Missouri
43
6
49
197
24.9%
Montana
29
18
47
150
31.3%
Nebraska
Unicameral
10
10
49
20.4%
Nevada
16
5
21
63
33.3%
New Hampshire
114
8
122
424
28.8%
New Jersey
24
11
35
120
29.2%
New Mexico
23
7
30
112
26.8%
New York
40
11
51
213
23.9%
North Carolina
26
12
38
170
22.4%
North Dakota
19
8
27
141
19.1%
Ohio
26
7
33
132
25.0%
Oklahoma
13
6
19
149
12.8%
Oregon
20
8
28
90
31.1%
Pennsylvania
36
9
45
253
17.8%
Rhode Island
20
10
30
113
26.5%
South Carolina
22
1
23
170
13.5%
South Dakota
15
7
22
105
21.0%
Tennessee
17
6
23
132
17.4%
Texas
28
7
35
181
19.3%
Utah
10
6
16
104
15.4%
Vermont
65
9
74
180
41.1%
Virginia
16
8
24
140
17.1%
Washington
31
18
49
147
33.3%
West Virginia
19
1
20
134
14.9%
Wisconsin
22
11
33
132
25.0%
Wyoming
11
1
12
90
13.3%
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
1,346
436
1,782
7,383
24.1%

 

Partisan Composition of Women in the 50 State Legislatures, 2015
Democratic Party 1,071
Republican Party 697
Third Party 4
Nonpartisan (Nebraska)

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Contact Katie Ziegler for more information or archives, 303-364-7700.

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