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Women Candidates in 2000
Congressional and Statewide Office

The following numbers include women who have won or lost their primaries in U.S. Senate, U.S. House or gubernatorial races on major party tickets.

General Seat Codes 
  I=Incumbent; O=Open Seat; C=Challenger; I/U=Incumbent/Unopposed;
  O/U=Open Unopposed; O?=Open if defeats Incumbent in Primary.

 
St.  		   
Office   		   
Dist. 		   
Candidate Name & Party     		 General
Seat 		  
Filed
AL US Rep. 004 Marsha Folsom (D)* C  WON PRI.
           
AR US Rep.
US Rep.		 001
004		 Susan Myshka (R)*
Judy Smith (D)*		 C
C		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
           
AZ

Corp. C.
 
 
US Rep.

  
 
 
001
003
005		 Herschella Horton (D)*
Barbara Lubin (D)*
Sandra Kennedy (D)
Susan Bitter Smith (R)*
Linda Calvert (D)
Mary Judge Ryan (D)*		 O
O
O
O
C
C

Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
withdrew
Lost Pri.
           
CA US Sen.
US Rep.

  
006
008
009
010
013
014
015
016
017
017
022
028
031
032
033
034
035
036
037
038
038
044
046
046
048
049

Dianne Feinstein (D)*
Lynn Woolsey (D)
Nancy Pelosi (D)
Barbara Lee (D)*
Ellen Tauscher (D)*
Saundra Duffy (R)*
Anna Eshoo (D)
Robin Parker (D)
Zoe Lofgren (D)
Debra Whitmore (D)*
Carole Dooley (R)
Lois Capps (D)
Janice Nelson (D)*
Hilda Solis (D)*
Kathy Williamson (R)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
Grace Napolitano (D)
Maxine Waters (D)
Jane Harman (D)*
Juanita Millender McDonald (D)
Erin Gruwell (D)
Gerrie Schipske (D)*
Mary Bono (R)*
Loretta Sanchez (D)*
Gloria Matta Tuchman (R)*
Kim DeBow (R)*
Susan Davis (D)*

I
I
I
I
I
C
I
O
I
O?
C
I
C
O/U
C
I
I
I
C
I
C
C
I
I
C
O
C

WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
CO Sec. St.
US Rep.
  		  
001
002 		Donetta Davidson (R)*
Diana DeGette (D)*
Carolyn Cox (R)*		 I
I
C

WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
CT US Rep. 003
003
004
006 		Rosa DeLauro (D)*
June Gold (R)*
Stephanie Sanchez (D)*
Nancy Johnson (R)*		 I
C
C
I		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
DE Gov.
C. Ins.
C. Ins.		   Ruth Ann Minner (D)*
Karen Weldin Stewart (D)*
Donna Lee Williams (R)		 O
C
I		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
DC US Del. AL Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) I/U WON PRI.
           
FL US Rep.

003
003
005
008
015
016
017
018
022

Corrine Brown (D)
Jennifer Carroll (R)*
Karen Thurman (D)
Linda Chapin (D)*
Patsy Ann Kurth (D)*
Jean Elliot Brown (D)*
Carrie Meek (D)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
Elaine Bloom (D)*

 I
C
I
O
C
C
I
I
C

WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
GA US Rep. 001
003
004
004
010 		Joyce Marie Griggs (D)
Gail Notti (D)*
Cynthia McKinney (D)
Sunny Warren (R)*
Denise Freeman (D) 		C
C
I
C
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
HI US Rep. 001
002
002 		Gladys Hayes (R)
Patsy Mink (D)
Carol Douglass (R)*		 C
I
C		 Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
           
IA
US Rep.
002
Donna Smith (D)
 C WON PRI.  
           
ID US Rep. 001 Linda Pall (D)* O WON PRI. 
           
IL US Rep.

009
010
010
013
015
018

Jan Schakowsky (D)
Shawn Margaret Donnelley (R)*
Lauren Beth Gash (D)*
Judy Biggert (R)*
Laurel Lunt Prussing (D)*
Joyce Harant (D)*		 I
O
O
I/U
O
C 		WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
IN Sup. P.I.
Atty. Gen
US Rep.
   

001
002
010		 Suellen Reed (R)
Karen Freeman-Wilson (D)*
Sandra Smith (D)
Angela Burks (D)
Julia Carson (D)*		 I
I
O
O
I		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
KY US Rep. 003
003
005 		Eleanor Jordan (D)*
Ann Northup (R)*
Sydney Jane Bailey (D)		 C
I
C 		WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
            
LA US Rep. 006 Kathy Rogillio (D)
C
WON PRI.
           
MA US Rep. 009 Janet Jeghelian (R)
C
 WON PRI.
           
MD US Rep. 008
008
008
008 		Connie Morella (R)*
K. Joyce Kimble (D)*
Deborah Vollmer (D)
Lih Young (D)		 I
C
C
C		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
           
ME US Sen.
US Rep.		   
001 		Olympia Snowe (R)*
Jane Amero (R)*		 I
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
  

   

            
MI US Sen.
US Rep.		   
007
008
013
015
015
Debbie Stabenow (D)*
Jennie Crittendon (D)
Dianne Byrum (D)*
Lynn Rivers (D)*
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D)
Chrysanthea Boyd-Fields (R)
 C
C
O
I
I
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
MN US Sen.
US Rep.		   
001
003
004
004
004
004
004
007 		Rebecca Yanisch (D)*
Mary Rieder (D)*
Sue Shuff (D)*
Pam Ellison (IP)^ *
Cathie Hartnett (D)*
Betty McCollum (D)*
Patricia Reagan
Linda Runbeck (R)*
Aleta Edin (R)*		 C
C
C
O
O
O
O
O
C		  Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
  ^ In Minnesota Independence Party (IP) is included because it is the party of the incumbent governor and lieutenant governor.  
           
MO Gov.
Lt. Gov.

St. Treas.
US Rep.		   



002
005
006
006
006
008

Jennie Lee Sievers (R)
Gracia Backer (D)*
Catherine Powell (D)
Nancy Farmer (D)*
Barbara Cooper (R)*
Karen McCarthy (D)
Ida Cox (D)
Theresa Loar (R)*
Sandra Reeves (D)
JoAnn Emerson (R)

O
O
O
O
O
I
O
O
O
I

Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
MT


 Gov.
Lt. Gov.
 
 
St. Aud.
Sup. P.I.
 
 
US Rep.		    
 






AL 		Judy Martz (R)*
Dorothy Bradley (D)*
Carol Williams (D)*
Diana Wyatt (D)*
Joyce Schmidt (R)
Gail Gray (D)*
Elaine Sollie Herman (R)*
Linda McCulloch (D)*
Nancy Keenan (D)*		 O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
NC Lt. Gov.

Sec. St.
St. Aud.
C. Labor
C. Agri.
US Rep.


  





001
009
009 		Beverly Perdue (D)*
Betsy Cochrane (R)*
Elaine Marshall (D)*
Pamela Ann Connell (D)
Cherie Berry (R)*
Meg Scott Phipps (D)*
Eva Clayton (D)
Jeri Clement (D)
Sue Myrick (R)*		 O
O
I
O
O
O
I
C
I

WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
ND Gov.
St.Treas.
St. Aud. 		  Heidi Heitkamp (D)*
Kathi Gilmore (D)
Mary Ekstrom (D)

O
I
C

 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
NE US Rep.
 002
003
Shelley Kiel (D)*
Kathy Wilmot (R)*
 C
O		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
           
NH Gov.
US Rep.
    
001		 Jeanne Shaheen (D)*
Martha Fuller Clark (D)*		 I
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
NJ US Rep.
 001
003
005
005
007
013		 Charlene Carthcart (R)
Susan Bass Levin (D)*
Linda Mercurio (D)*
Marge Roukema (R)*
Maryanne Connelly (D)*
Theresa de Leon (R) 		C
C
C
I
O
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
NM US Rep.

 001
003
003 		Heather Wilson (R)*
Francesca Lobato (D)
Lisa Lutz (R)*		 I
O?
C		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
NY US Sen.
US Rep.

  
001
002
002
004
007
008
010
011
011
012
012
012
013
014
014
018
019
028 		Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)*
Regina Seltzer (D)*
Joan Johnson (R)
Ghenya Grant (D)*
Carolyn McCarthy (D)*
Rose Robles Birtley (R)*
Marian S. Henry (R)
Ernestine Brown (R)
Una Clarke (D)*
Susan Cleary (R)
Mildred Rosario (D)
Nydia Velazquez (D)
Rosemary Markgraf (R)
Katina Johnstone (D)*
Carolyn Maloney (D)
Carla A. Rhodes (R)
Nita Lowey (D)
Sue Kelly (R)*
Louise Slaughter (D)

O
O
O
O
I
C
C
C
O?
C
O?
I
C
C
I
C
I
I
I

 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
NV US Rep. 001
001
002 		Shelley Berkley (D)*
Nancy Price (R)*
Tierney Cahill (D)*		 I
C
C		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
OH US Rep.


 009
011
012
012
015 		Marcy Kaptur (D)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)*
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D)*
Ramona Whisler (R)*
Deborah Pryce (R)		 I
I
O
O
I		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
OK US Rep.
 001
002		 Evelyn Rogers (R)
Tennie Rogers (R)		 O?
O		 Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
           
OR Sec. St.
US Rep. 		 
001
005		 Lynn Snodgrass (R)*
Alice Schlenker (R)*
Darlene Hooley (D)*		 O
C
I		 WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
PA St.Treas.

St. Aud.
US Sen.
US Rep.

 



004
017

 Barbara Hafer (R)*
Catherine Baker Knoll (D)*
Katie True (R)
Allyson Schwartz (D)*
Melissa Hart (R)*
Leslye Hess Herrmann (D)*		 I
C
C
C
C
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
RI US Rep. 002
002 		Kate Coyne-McCoy (D)*
Kathleen Gainor		 O
O		 Lost Pri.
withdrew
           
SC US Rep. 002 Jane Frederick (D)* C WON PRI.
           
TN US Sen.

US Rep.		  
 
006 		Mary Taylor-Shelby (D)
Shannon Wood (D)*
Eleanor Gibbs (R)*		 C
C
C		 Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
           
TX US Sen.
US Rep.


  
005
007
007
012
015
018
022
022
024
030 		Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
Regina Montoya Coggins (D)*
Susan Malfer (R)
Cathy McConn (R)*
Kay Granger (R)
Diana Rivera-Martinez (D)*
Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
JoAnn Matranga (D)
Virginia Stogner (D)*
Cynthia Newman (R)*
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 		I
C
O
O
I
O?
I
C
C
C
I/U		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
UT

Lt. Gov.
 
St. Aud.
US Rep.

  
 
 
001  		Karen Hale (D)*
Olene Walker (R)
Christine Arthur (D)
Kathleen McConkie Collinwood (D)*		 C
I
C
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
withdrew
WON PRI.
           
VT Gov.
Sec. St.
St. Aud.
US Sen.
US Rep.		  

 
 
AL
Ruth Dwyer (R)*
Deb Markowitz (D)
Elizabeth Ready (D)
Jan Backus (D)*
Karen Kerin (R)*		 C
I
O
C
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
VA US Rep. 001
002
008		 Jo Ann Davis (R)*
Jody Wagner (D)*
Demaris Miller (R)* 		O
O
C 		WON PRI.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
VI US Del. AL Donna Christian-Christensen (D) I WON PRI.
                    
WA Gov.
Aty.Gen.
St. Treas.
C.Pub.L.
Sup. P.I.
US Sen.



US Rep.		  








008
008

Meta Heller (D)
Christine Gregoire (D)*
Diane Rhoades (R)*
Georgia Gardner (D)*
Terry Bergeson (NP)
Maria Cantwell (D)*
Barbara Lampert (D)
 Deborah Senn (D)*
June Riggs (R)
 Heidi Behren-Benedict (D)*
Jennifer Dunn (R)

O?
I
C
O
I
C
C
C
O?
C
I

  Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
WON PRI.
           
WV Governor
Sec. St.
US Rep.		   
 
002
002
002 		Donna McCase (R)
Charlotte Pritt (D)*
Beth Taylor (D)
Martha Walker (D)*
Shelley Moore Capito (R)*
O?
O
O
O
O		 Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
Lost Pri.
WON PRI.
           
WI US Rep.

 002
003 		Tammy Baldwin (D)*
Susan Tully (R)*
I
C		 WON PRI.
WON PRI.
              
WY US Rep. AL Barbara Cubin (R)* I WON PRI.


  

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