Runs by Cheri Beasley, Val Demings and Stacey Abrams both underscored long-standing challenges to Black women who run — and showed their potential.
Women’s representation has grown in the state as a result of efforts by groups and leaders to build a support infrastructure for women seeking elected office.
The Republican candidate for governor in Arizona refused to concede the same week the former president — an election denier — announced another run.
The highly anticipated announcement from Pelosi, an 82-year-old California Democrat, comes after Republicans won back control of the House in the 2022 midterms.
The stop-gap measure passed the House this summer, and President Joe Biden has vowed to sign it.
Pro-abortion rights ballot measures outperformed Democrats on the ballot in three states, while Republican politicians ran ahead of failed anti-abortion ballot measures in two states.
The election between Hobbs, Arizona’s chief election official, and Lake, a television anchor turned GOP star, was one of the most consequential governor’s races of 2022.
This lack of representation persists even after a year in which out LGBTQ+ candidates ran and won up and down the ballot across the country — and three legislative candidates in Alaska made history.
Democrats are projected to hold the Senate with a win by Cortez Masto, the Senate’s only Latina.
Tina Kotek and Maura Healey will make history in Oregon and Massachusetts, Decision Desk HQ projects.