In the 2024 election cycle, over 100 women in our network ran for office nationwide, with a success rate exceeding 50%. As part of our ongoing commitment to increasing women's presence at decision-making tables, WPLN Fellows analyzed the election results in several states where candidates engaged with our organization and state partners. States like Florida and Nevada demonstrated continued progress, with women holding significant shares of legislative and executive positions, while others like Georgia experienced setbacks. These results point to the ongoing challenges and opportunities for women seeking elected office and underscore the need for continued efforts to educate, organize, and inspire women to run for office and lead effectively once there.
Florida continues to make strides in women's political representation. Women now hold 43% of seats in the state legislature, with four additional state legislative seats flipping to female candidates this election cycle. At the municipal level, nearly 34% of officers are women, which is above the national average.
In statewide executive roles, women account for 40% of elected officials. On the national stage, all women incumbents representing Florida in the U.S. Congress were re-elected, with women maintaining 30% of the state's congressional delegation. These results highlight Florida’s steady progress in elevating women’s voices in politics.
Montana has seen notable progress in women's political representation. Women now make up 36% of the state legislature, a 12% increase from the previous cycle. This growth includes six legislative seats flipping to female candidates, resulting in four new women state representatives and two new women state senators.
At the statewide executive level, women hold 37.5% of offices, with Christi Jacobsen securing a second term as Secretary of State. Women remain absent from Montana’s U.S. Congressional delegation, underscoring the need for greater representation at the federal level. These results reflect both achievements and opportunities for advancing women’s leadership in Montana.
WPLN Partner: Nevada Women’s Leadership Alliance
After the 2024 election cycle, Nevada is the top state for women’s representation in state legislatures, maintaining 25 assemblywomen and 13 women in the State Senate. Women demonstrated strong leadership, with the Nevada Supreme Court retaining a 5-2 female majority and women holding significant percentages of local government roles, including 59.1% of school board seats and 66.7% of local executives. Nevadans consistently elect women at high levels, and in the 2024 cycle, this included two women in WPLN's network.
Women’s representation in government declined in Georgia's 2024 election cycle, with fewer women in the State House and Senate. While the overall number of women in the State House and Senate declined as many women chose not to seek reelection, all of the candidates engaged with WPLN programs or state partner network were victorious in their races. Georgia faces many barriers for women in politics, including the historical absence of a female governor or U.S. senator.
WPLN Partner: Level Up
The state of Pennsylvania saw a win rate of 47% among women in the 2024 elections, but WPLN network members won with a nearly 64% win rate. All five of the new female General Assembly members flipped their seats from male incumbents, contributing to women making up 30.2% of the 2025 Pennsylvania General Assembly. With a re-election win for Stacy Garrity as Pennsylvanian Treasurer, women hold two of the five elected executive state offices.
WPLN Partner: LBJ Women’s Campaign School
In the state of Texas, women represent just over one-third of the state legislature with 35.9% of seats being held by women. All six female incumbents running for re-election in the State Senate won their races, and women flipped 12 seats in the State House that were previously held by male incumbents.
The 2024 November election was a big win for women in elected judiciary roles, as well: twelve new female judges to the various District Court of Appeals in the state, and 22 total women were elected as Judges to serve in the state Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, and Courts of Appeals. Only two of the nine state-wide elected executive offices were held by women prior to 2024, and these numbers continue to hold as Christi Craddick won her re-election campaign for Railroad Commissioner and will remain the RRC Chairman.
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