News on Legislators Route to Success

Dear Senator Seymour:

Below is a link to the new report from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), Poised to Run: Women’s Pathways to the State Legislatures, with findings from the most comprehensive study ever conducted on this subject. Many thanks to all the state legislators who, by responding to our survey, made this project possible.

The report offers a fresh look at how women reach the legislatures and how their pathways to public office have changed over time. Findings from a nationwide survey compare women and men, examining their decisions to seek office, previous political experiences, and personal backgrounds.

Read the full report at: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/research/reports/PoisedtoRun.pdf

Best wishes,
Debbie Walsh

Debbie Walsh, Director
Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
www.cawp.rutgers.edu

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