Table B1.2

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.