Congratulations to all of the Vote, Run, Lead alumnae who ran and won on November 4th, 2008!
- Monisha Merchant - CU Regent
- Sue Schafer - CO State House
- Su Ryden - CO State House
- Christine Scanlan - CO State House
- Jeanne Labuda - CO State House (Incumbent)
- Cherylin Peniston - CO State House (Incumbent)
- Dianne Primavera - CO State House (Incumbent)
- Sue Gagliardi - CO State House (Incumbent)
- Debbie Rose - County Commissioner
- Karla Bigham - MN State House, District 57A, Cottage Grove
- Kathy Brynaert - MN State House, District 23B, Mankato
- Julie Bunn - MN State House, District 56A, Lake Elmo
- Gail Chang Bohr - Ramsey County, Judge
- Mindy Greiling - MN State House, District 54A, Roseville
- Sue Hakes - Grand Marais, Mayor
- Filomena Kaehler - Winona County, County Commission
- Phyllis Kahn - MN State House, District 59B, Minneapolis
- Kate Knuth - MN State House, District 50B, New Brighton
- Carolyn Laine - MN State House, District 50A, Columbia Heights
- Tina Liebling - MN State House, District 30A, Rochester
- Sandra Masin - MN State House, District 38A, Eagan
- Carol McFarlane - MN State House, District 53B, White Bear Lake
- Erin Murphy - MN State House, District 64A, St. Paul
- Kim Norton - MN State House, District 29B, Rochester
- Lorie Olman - Anoka City Council
- Jen Peterson - Cottage Grove City Council
- Sandra Peterson - MN State House, District 45A, New Hope
- Maria Ruud - MN State House, District 42A, Minnetonka
- Britta Sailer - MN State House, District 02B, Park Rapids
- Nora Slawik - MN State House, District 55B, Maplewood
- Linda Slocum - MN State House, District 63B, Richfield
- Rose Thelen - Wright County, County Commission
- Tangela Barrie - Superior Court Judge, DeKalb County
- Theresa Davis - Bd. Of Education, Ben Hill County
- Dee Dawkins-Haigler - Georgia House District 93 Incumbent
- Chandra Dillard - South Carolina State House District 23
- Carletta Sims - Probate Court, Cobb County
- Ruth Wilson - Clerk of Court, Rockdale County
- Anne Brown - A campaign manager for Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith
- Laura Davis - Ingham County Commissioner, District 15
- Mishelle Kennedy - Royal Oak Township Trustee
- Lesia Liss - State House of Reps, District 28
- Amanda Roggenbuck - Tuscola County Commissioner, District 1
- Catherine Collins - Board of Education, Buffalo Incumbent
US Congress
November 4, 2008 Election Results
At least 91 women will serve in the 111th United States Congress. More than have ever served before.
US Senate
17 women (13D, 4R) will serve in the US Senate – besting the previous record of 16 set in the 110th Congress. 4 of the women (3D, 1R) won their elections on November 4th, 2008 including 2 incumbents; Susan Collins R-ME and Mary Landrieu D-LA and 2 newcomers; Kay Hagan D-NC and Jeanne Shaheen D-NH.
US House of Representatives
At least 74 women (57D, 17R) will serve in the US House of Represenatives– setting an all-time high. Among the Congresswomen will be 12 (D) African-Americans; 7 (6D, 1R) Latinas; and 2 (D) Asian-Americans.
Governors
The total number of female governors will remain at 8 with 5D and 3R. Bev Purdue of North Carolina is the only newly elected woman governor and joins incumbent Christine GRegoire (D-WA) who was re-elected.
Congratulations to all of the newly or re-elected national female office holders:
Governors
- Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-NC)
- Gov. Christine Gregoire (D-WA)
Lt. Governors
- Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman (R-IN)
US Senate
- U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
- U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
US House of Representatives
AZ
- U.S. Rep. 001 Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
- U.S. Rep. 008 Gabrielle Giffords (D)
CA
- U.S. Rep. 005 Doris Matsui (D)
- U.S. Rep. 006 Lynn Woolsey (D)
- U.S. Rep. 008 Nancy Pelosi (D)
- U.S. Rep. 009 Barbara Lee (D)
- U.S. Rep. 010 Ellen Tauscher (D)
- U.S. Rep. 012 Jackie Speier (D)
- U.S. Rep. 014 Anna Eshoo (D)
- U.S. Rep. 016 Zoe Lofgren (D)
- U.S. Rep. 023 Lois Capps (D)
- U.S. Rep. 032 Hilda Solis (D)
- U.S. Rep. 033 Diane Watson (D)
- U.S. Rep. 034 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
- U.S. Rep. 035 Maxine Waters (D)
- U.S. Rep. 036 Jane Harman (D)
- U.S. Rep. 037 Laura Richardson (D)
- U.S. Rep. 038 Grace Napolitano (D)
- U.S. Rep. 039 Linda Sanchez (D)
- U.S. Rep. 045 Mary Bono Mack (R)
- U.S. Rep. 047 Loretta Sanchez (D)
- U.S. Rep. 053 Susan Davis (D)
CO
- U.S. Rep. 001 Diana DeGette (D)
- U.S. Rep. 004 Betsy Markey (D)
CT
- U.S. Rep. 003 Rosa DeLauro (D)
FL
- U.S. Rep. 003 Corrine Brown (D)
- U.S. Rep. 005 Ginny Brown-Waite (R)
- U.S. Rep. 011 Kathy Castor (D)
- U.S. Rep. 018 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
- U.S. Rep. 020 Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
- U.S. Rep. 024 Suzanne Kosmas (D)
HI
- U.S. Rep. 002 Mazie Hirono (D)
IL
- U.S. Rep. 008 Melissa Bean (D)
- U.S. Rep. 009 Jan Schakowsky (D)
- U.S. Rep. 011 Debbie Halvorson (D)
- U.S. Rep. 013 Judy Biggert (R)
KS
- U.S. Rep. 002 Lynn Jenkins (R)
ME
- U.S. Rep. 001 Chellie Pingree (D)
MD
- U.S. Rep. 004 Donna Edwards (D)
MA
- U.S. Rep. 005 Niki Tsongas (D)
MI
- U.S. Rep. 010 Candice Miller (R)
- U.S. Rep. 013 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)
MN
- U.S. Rep. 004 Betty McCollum (D)
- U.S. Rep. 006 Michele Bachmann (R)
MO
- U.S. Rep. 008 JoAnn Emerson (R)
NV
- U.S. Rep. 001 Shelley Berkley (D)
- U.S. Rep. 003 Dina Titus (D)
NH
- U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
- U.S. Rep. 001 Carol Shea-Porter (D)
NY
- U.S. Rep. 004 Carolyn McCarthy (D)
- U.S. Rep. 011 Yvette Clarke (D)
- U.S. Rep. 012 Nydia Velazquez (D)
- U.S. Rep. 014 Carolyn Maloney (D)
- U.S. Rep. 018 Nita Lowey (D)
- U.S. Rep. 020 Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
- U.S. Rep. 028 Louise Slaughter (D)
NC
- U.S. Rep. 005 Virginia Foxx (R)
- U.S. Rep. 009 Sue Myrick (R)
OH
- U.S. Rep. 002 Jean Schmidt (R)
- U.S. Rep. 009 Marcy Kaptur (D)
- U.S. Rep. 011 Marcia Fudge (D)
- U.S. Rep. 013 Betty Sutton (D)
OK
- U.S. Rep. 005 Mary Fallin (R)
PA
- U.S. Rep. 003 Kathy Dahlkemper (D)
- U.S. Rep. 013 Allyson Schwartz (D)
SD
- U.S. Rep. AL Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)
TN
- U.S. Rep. 007 Marsha Blackburn (R)
TX
- U.S. Rep. 012 Kay Granger (R)
- U.S. Rep. 018 Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
- U.S. Rep. 030 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
WA
- U.S. Rep. 005 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
WV
- U.S. Rep. 002 Shelley Moore Capito (R)
WI
- U.S. Rep. 002 Tammy Baldwin (D)
- U.S. Rep. 004 Gwen Moore (D)
WY
- U.S. Rep. AL Cynthia Lummis (R)
Information provided by the Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. For more information, visit CAWP.
