| Women in State Government, 2015 |
State
|
Proportion of State Senators Who Are Womena
|
Proportion of State Representatives Who Are Womena
|
Proportion of Statewide Elected Executive Offices Held by Womenbc
|
Number of Governors Who Are Womenb
|
Alabama
|
11.4%
|
15.2%
|
22.2%
|
0
|
Alaska
|
25.0%
|
30.0%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Arizona
|
43.3%
|
31.7%
|
30.0%
|
0
|
Arkansas
|
20.0%
|
20.0%
|
33.3%
|
0
|
California
|
27.5%
|
25.0%
|
28.6%
|
0
|
Colorado
|
34.3%
|
46.2%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Connecticut
|
25.0%
|
29.1%
|
60.0%
|
0
|
Delaware
|
28.6%
|
22.0%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Florida
|
30.0%
|
22.5%
|
25.0%
|
0
|
Georgia
|
16.1%
|
25.0%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Hawaii
|
32.0%
|
25.5%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Idaho
|
25.7%
|
27.1%
|
16.7%
|
0
|
Illinois
|
25.4%
|
33.9%
|
60.0%
|
0
|
Indiana
|
20.0%
|
21.0%
|
83.3%
|
0
|
Iowa
|
14.0%
|
27.0%
|
33.3%
|
0
|
Kansas
|
32.5%
|
22.4%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Kentucky
|
10.5%
|
19.0%
|
33.3%
|
0
|
Louisiana
|
10.3%
|
13.3%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Maine
|
22.9%
|
30.5%
|
N/A
|
0
|
Maryland
|
27.7%
|
32.6%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Massachusetts
|
30.0%
|
23.8%
|
80.0%
|
0
|
Michigan
|
10.5%
|
24.5%
|
33.3%
|
0
|
Minnesota
|
34.3%
|
32.8%
|
75.0%
|
0
|
Mississippi
|
15.4%
|
18.0%
|
28.6%
|
0
|
Missouri
|
17.6%
|
25.8%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Montana
|
36.0%
|
29.0%
|
40.0%
|
0
|
Nebraska
|
20.4%
|
20.4%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Nevada
|
23.8%
|
35.7%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
New Hampshire
|
33.3%
|
28.5%
|
N/A
|
1
|
New Jersey
|
27.5%
|
31.3%
|
100.0%
|
0
|
New Mexico
|
14.3%
|
32.9%
|
16.7%
|
1
|
New York
|
17.5%
|
26.7%
|
33.3%
|
0
|
North Carolina
|
24.0%
|
21.7%
|
55.6%
|
0
|
North Dakota
|
17.0%
|
20.2%
|
25.0%
|
0
|
Ohio
|
21.2%
|
26.3%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Oklahoma
|
12.5%
|
12.9%
|
30.0%
|
1
|
Oregon
|
26.7%
|
33.3%
|
50.0%
|
1
|
Pennsylvania
|
18.0%
|
17.7%
|
25.0%
|
0
|
Rhode Island
|
26.3%
|
26.7%
|
25.0%
|
1
|
South Carolina
|
2.2%
|
17.7%
|
12.5%
|
1
|
South Dakota
|
20.0%
|
21.4%
|
22.2%
|
0
|
Tennessee
|
18.2%
|
17.2%
|
N/A
|
0
|
Texas
|
22.6%
|
19.3%
|
12.5%
|
0
|
Utah
|
20.7%
|
13.3%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Vermont
|
30.0%
|
43.3%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Virginia
|
20.0%
|
16.0%
|
0.0%
|
0
|
Washington
|
36.7%
|
30.6%
|
12.5%
|
0
|
West Virginia
|
2.9%
|
19.0%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Wisconsin
|
33.3%
|
22.2%
|
20.0%
|
0
|
Wyoming
|
3.3%
|
18.3%
|
50.0%
|
0
|
United States
|
22.1%
|
24.9%
|
27.0%
|
6
|
Notes: Nebraska has a unicameral legislature. Data do not include governorships. Maine, New Hampshire, and Tennessee do not have statewide elected executive offices aside from the governorship.
|
Source: IWPR compilation of data from Center for American Women and Politics 2015.
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