Record number of women running for NY Legislature
ALBANY — The number of women running for the state Legislature has hit an all-time high, shattering the record set just two years ago.
A total of 119 women are slated to be on the ballot with the backing of a major party for one of the 213 legislative seats. That’s up from 105 in 2018, a figure that easily surpassed the previous record of 91 set in 2006.
Republicans made some gains toward gender balance. A total of 31 of the 151 GOP candidates are women, up from 26 in the last election.
But as was the case two years ago, Democrats drove the unprecedented spike. Of the party's 199 legislative candidates, 88 are women. That’s up from 80 in 2016 and only 45 as recently as 2012.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/09/23/record-number-of-women-running-for-legislature-1317999
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