Record-breaking year for female candidates

From Politico:

According to figures collected by Rutgers's Center for American Women and Politics, fully 296 women filed to run for the House this year, shattering the previous record (262) set in 2010. And with primaries in 19 states still to come, plus a few runoffs, 113 women have already won their party's nomination and advanced to Nov.

 

The record for women nominees in one year is 141, set in 2004. That could fall, too; for one thing, there are still 11 more female incumbents with token primaries ahead. Already, almost as many Dem women have won nominations (85) as in 2004 (88), though the GOP is lagging a bit. Still, local or nat'l GOPers tapped women as their marquee candidates in a number of upcoming primaries, including MI-11 (Nancy Cassis, the local establishment's pick as a write-in nominee), MO-02 (Ann Wagner), and AZ-02 (Martha McSally), among others.

 

One other record to consider is the number of women serving in the House, which is 76. There are 75 currently serving and 6 aren't running for reelection, while another 9 could be considered in some degree of electoral peril. But not all will lose or be replaced by men, and both parties have female nominees poised to capture male-held seats, like GOPer Walorski (IN-02) and Dem Duckworth (IL-08), to name just two.

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