Rutgers Center Keeps Tabs on Down-Ticket Women

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By Alison Bowen
WeNews correspondent
Now that Hillary Clinton's historic bid for the White House is over, the Center for American Women in Politics--a key study group on U.S. women's political stature--says plenty of women remain on the political field.


NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WOMENSENEWS)--Hillary Clinton may be out of the running for president, but plenty of women remain in this year's political field.

That's the message from Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, which follows and trains women running for office. Rutgers is located in New Brunswick, N.J., but the center tracks races nationwide.

This year, 149 women are candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and eight women are running for the Senate. In 2006, 136 women ran for the House and 12 ran for the Senate. Five women also are running for governor in five states.

"There's so much attention at that very top of the ticket, but it is an important moment to also remember that there are races that are 'down-ticket,'" said Walsh, who joined the research group in 1981. "We're still looking to see what happens nationally with those races."


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