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Facts
and Findings
    
Summary of Women Candidates for U.S. Congress 2004
as of November 22, 2004
Please
note: Only major party candidates and Independent incumbents are
included.
List
of women candidates by state available here 
State
legislative information available here
A
record number of women have won major-party nominations for seats
in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. With three primaries
still to be decided in Louisiana, 141 women are candidates for the
House, easily surpassing the record of 124 candidates in 2002. For
details about women candidates in 2004, see our “Women Candidates
Summary” listed below.
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U.S.
Senate - 10 (9D, 1R)
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U. S. Senate Races in 2004
In 2004, 34 states had Senate races. In at least eight states
(CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, NC, OK, SC) there were open seats because
incumbent Senators didn not seek reelection.
No women retired.
10
(9D, 1R) women were candidates in
ten states. |
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(4D, 1R) are incumbents: Barbara Boxer (D-CA); Blanche
Lincoln (D-AR); Barbara Mikulski (D-MD); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK);
and
Patty Murray (D-WA) . |
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(3D) were candidates for open seats: Betty Castor
(D-FL); Denise Majette (D-GA); Inez Tenenbaum (D-SC). |
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(2D) were running as challengers: Nancy Farmer
(D-MO) and Doris R. Haddock (D-NH). |
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(6D, 7R) lost their primaries: Lisa Burks (D-GA);
Toni Casey (R-CA); Rosemarie Clempitt (R-AR); Orly Benny Davis
(R-SC); Dorothy Corry Jennings (R-MD); Rosario Marin (R-CA);
Eileen
Martin
(R-MD);
Sonya March (R-FL); Theresa Nangle Obermeyer (D-AK); Maria
Pappas (D-IL); Nancy Skinner (D-IL); Mary Squires (D-GA) and
Joyce
Washington
(D-IL). In addition, Karen Saull (R-FL) withdrew but her name
remained on the primary ballot. |
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record 14 (9D, 5R) women served in the U. S. Senate in 2004.
The candidate records to beat were the 1992 Senate race in
which 29 (22D, 7R) women filed and 11 won their primaries,
and 2002
when 11 (8D, 3R) women won their
primaries. |
U.S.
House - 141 (88D, 53R)
(does
not include candidates for the four non-voting delegate
and one resident commissioner seats)
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U.S. House Races in 2004
Of the 435 House and 5 Delegate seats, there were 29
(10D, 19R) House members or Delegates who announced
their intention to leave Congress or lost a primary.
Three women were not returning to the U.S. House of Representatives:
Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and Rep. Karen McCarthy (D-MO) retired and
Denise Majette (D-GA) ran for U.S. Senate. |
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141
(88D, 53R) women won their primaries for
seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. This does
not include three incumbent women and a challenger who
were candidates for Delegate
to Congress
from
American
Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam
and the Virgin
Islands.
57 (37D, 20R) incumbents ran for re-election.
19
(10D, 9R) women ran in 18 districts
with open seats.
65
(41D, 24R) ran as challengers.
59
(33D, 26R) lost their primaries.
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A
record 217 (136D, 80R, 1I) women filed for the U.S. House
in 1996. Of the 217 who filed, 120 (77D, 42R, 1I) won their
parties’ primaries;
in addition 3 (3D) women filed and won their primaries for
delegate seats. In 2002 a record 124 (78D, 46R) women won
their primaries.
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