Women in State Races Election Results 2024

source: CAWP

Record Number of Women in State Legislative Office

LAST UPDATE: 12/5/2024 at 12:30PM ET

2,470 women will serve in state legislatures in 2025. This surpasses the previous record of 2,431 women in state legislative office. Women will hold at least 33.4% of seats in state legislatures.

Majority-Woman and Gender Parity Legislatures and Chambers

State Legislatures

Prior to Election Day 2024, three states achieved gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state legislatures (across chambers).

Based on election results thus far, three states are expected to achieve gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state legislatures (across chambers) in 2025. This includes two states anticipated to achieve majority-woman status for the first time in 2025 and one state expected to maintain women holding 50% or more of state legislative seats next year.

The states expected to achieve gender parity or majority-woman status in their state legislatures include:

Colorado, where women held 50% of state legislative seats from January through July 2023. Based on current results, Colorado’s state legislature is expected to achieve majority-woman status in 2025.
Nevada, which became the first state to reach this milestone following the 2018 elections, when women first held the majority of state legislative seats. The legislature has been majority-woman since then and women will continue to outnumber men legislature-wide in 2025.
New Mexico, which is expected to achieve majority-woman status in its state legislature (across chambers) for the first time in 2025 based on current election results.

Women in State Senates

593 Women will serve in State Senates, a growth of 4 from 2024.

State Senates

Prior to Election Day 2024, four states achieved gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state senates.

Based on election results thus far, three states are expected to achieve gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state senates. This includes one anticipated to achieve majority-woman status in their state senate for the first time in 2025 and two states expected to maintain or return to women holding 50% or more of state senate seats next year.

The states expected to achieve gender parity or majority-woman status in their state senates in 2025 include:

Arizona, where women have held a majority of state senate seats consistently since January 2022; the senate first achieved gender parity in January 2021. Women will continue to outnumber men in the state senate in 2025.
California, which is expected to achieve majority-woman status in its state senate for the first time in 2025 based on current election results.
Nevada, where women have held a majority of state senate seats since January 2023. Women will continue to outnumber men in the state senate in 2025.

Women in the State Houses

1877 women will serve in State House in 2025, up from 1835 in 2024.

State Houses

Prior to Election Day 2024, five states achieved gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state houses.

Based on election results thus far, five states are expected to achieve gender parity (50% women) or majority-woman status (women >50%) in their state houses. This includes one anticipated to achieve majority status in their state house for the first time in 2025 and four states expected to maintain or return to women holding 50% or more of state house seats next year.

The states expected to achieve gender parity or majority-woman status in their state houses in 2025 include:

Alaska, which is expected to achieve majority-woman status in its state house for the first time in 2025 based on current election results.
Colorado, where women have held more than 50% of state house seats since February 2022. Colorado previously achieved majority-woman status in the state house from January 2019 to January 2020, and again from January 2021 to November 2021. Women are expected to continue to outnumber men in the state house in 2025.
Nevada, where women have held a majority of state house seats since December 2018. Women will continue to outnumber men in the state house in 2025.
New Mexico, where women have held a majority of state house seats in all but two months (when they were at parity with men) since January 2021. Women will continue to outnumber men in the state house in 2025.
Oregon, where women matched or exceeded men’s state house representation from January 2021 to November 2022. Gender parity is expected to return in the state house in 2025.

State by State 2024 Election Results for Women

Scroll to find your state in the interactive slides here: https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results-women-state-legislative-candidates-election-2024

Milestones:

The states follow Nevada, which was the first in the country to see a female majority in the legislature following elections in 2018. Next year, women will make up almost 62% of state lawmakers in Nevada, far exceeding parity.

Women in California’s Senate will make up the chamber’s majority for the first time in 2025 as well. Women also made notable gains in South Dakota, increasing its total number by at least nine.