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Facts
and Findings
    
Women
State Legislative Candidates,
Winners and Losers, in Election 2000
| St. |
Office |
Dist. |
Pty. |
Candidate |
Result
|
| AK |
Sen. |
I |
(D)
|
Sarah
M. Scanlan |
lost
|
|
|
K |
(D)
|
Bettye Davis |
WON
|
|
|
O |
(D)
|
Molly V. O'Malley |
lost
|
|
Rep. |
002 |
(R)
|
Peggy Wilson |
WON
|
|
|
003 |
(D)
|
Beth Kerttula |
WON
|
|
|
006 |
(D)
|
Gabrielle LeDoux |
lost
|
|
|
007 |
(D)
|
Amy Bollenbach |
lost
|
|
|
013 |
(R)
|
Karen Bretz |
lost
|
|
|
014 |
(R)
|
Lisa Murkowski |
WON
|
|
|
016 |
(D)
|
Gretchen
Guess |
WON
|
|
|
019 |
(D)
|
Patti C. Higgins |
lost
|
|
|
020 |
(D)
|
Charity B. Kadow |
lost
|
|
|
021 |
(D)
|
Sharon Cissna |
WON
|
|
|
022 |
(R)
|
Ramona L. Barnes |
lost
|
|
|
028 |
(R)
|
Beverly L.
Masek |
WON
|
|
|
029 |
(R)
|
Eileen M. Van
Wyhe |
lost
|
|
|
032 |
(D)
|
Jane G. Haigh |
lost
|
|
|
034 |
(R)
|
Jeanette
A. James |
WON
|
|
|
035 |
(D)
|
Dorothy M. Moore |
lost
|
|
|
036 |
(D)
|
Irene Nicholia |
lost
|
|
|
039 |
(D)
|
Mary Sattler
Kapsner |
WON
|
| AL |
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state legislative elections in even-numbered non-presidential years. |
| AR |
Sen. |
004 |
(D)
|
Barbara Horn |
WON
|
|
|
009 |
(D)
|
Brenda B.
Gullett |
WON
|
|
|
012 |
(R)
|
Sharon Kathleen
Trusty |
WON
|
|
|
015 |
(R)
|
Mary Jane Rebick |
lost
|
|
|
027 |
(R)
|
Ruth Whitaker |
WON
|
|
Rep. |
003 |
(R)
|
Cecile Bledsoe |
WON
|
|
|
003 |
(D)
|
Shirl Coleman |
lost
|
|
|
004 |
(R)
|
Shirley U.
Borhauer |
WON
|
|
|
006 |
(D)
|
Joy Drummonds |
lost
|
|
|
007 |
(D)
|
Janice Ann
Judy |
WON
|
|
|
008 |
(D)
|
Heather A. Daniel |
lost
|
|
|
009 |
(R)
|
Sarah S.
Agee |
WON
|
|
|
009 |
(D)
|
Ann Harbison |
lost
|
|
|
011 |
(R)
|
Mary Beth
Green |
WON
|
|
|
013 |
(D)
|
Jo Ellen
Carson |
WON
|
|
|
022 |
(D)
|
Rebecca V. Martin |
lost
|
|
|
028 |
(D)
|
Sandra Reyenga
Rodgers |
WON
|
|
|
056 |
(D)
|
Joyce Elliott |
WON
|
|
|
061 |
(D)
|
Mary Anne
Salmon |
WON
|
|
|
064 |
(D)
|
Pat Bond |
WON
|
|
|
065 |
(D)
|
Wilma Walker |
WON
|
|
|
076 |
(D)
|
Joyce A.
Dees |
WON
|
|
|
079 |
(D)
|
Martha A.
Shoffner |
WON
|
| |
|
098 |
(D)
|
Barbara King |
WON
|
| AZ |
Sen. |
001 |
(D)
|
Dawn Knight |
lost
|
|
|
002 |
(D)
|
Rita Johnson |
lost
|
| |
|
006 |
(R)
|
Lori S. Daniels |
WON
|
| |
|
008 |
(D)
|
Marsha Arzenberger |
WON
|
| |
|
008 |
(R)
|
Gail Griffin |
lost
|
| |
|
009 |
(D)
|
Kathy Ramage-White |
lost
|
| |
|
011 |
(D)
|
Elaine Richardson |
WON
|
| |
|
012 |
(R)
|
Toni Hellon |
WON
|
| |
|
013 |
(R)
|
Kathleen Dunbar |
lost
|
| |
|
014 |
(D)
|
Ruth Solomon |
WON
|
| |
|
017 |
(R)
|
Brenda Burns |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(R)
|
Susan Gerard |
WON
|
| |
|
019 |
(D)
|
Martha Bruneau |
lost
|
| |
|
020 |
(D)
|
Mary Hartley |
WON
|
| |
|
023 |
(D)
|
Linda G.
Aguirre |
WON
|
| |
Rep. |
001 |
(R)
|
Linda Binder |
WON
|
| |
|
001 |
(R)
|
Barbara Blewster |
lost
|
| |
|
002 |
(R)
|
Margaret Roush-Meier |
lost
|
| |
|
003 |
(D)
|
Sylvia Laughter |
WON
|
| |
|
004 |
(R)
|
Debra L.
Brimhall |
WON
|
| |
|
004 |
(D)
|
Claudia Maestas |
lost
|
| |
|
007 |
(D)
|
Cheryl Chase |
WON
|
| |
|
009 |
(R)
|
Marian McClure |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(D)
|
Linda Lopez |
WON
|
| |
|
011 |
(D)
|
Debora Norris |
WON
|
| |
|
013 |
(D)
|
Gabrielle
Giffords |
WON
|
| |
|
013 |
(R)
|
Carol Somers |
WON
|
| |
|
014 |
(D)
|
Marion L.
Pickens |
WON
|
| |
|
015 |
(D)
|
Bunny Goldfarb |
lost
|
| |
|
016 |
(R)
|
Linda Gray |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(R)
|
Deb Gullett |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(D)
|
Victoria Wold |
lost
|
| |
|
019 |
(R)
|
Roberta Voss |
WON
|
| |
|
020 |
(D)
|
Kathi I.
Foster |
WON
|
| |
|
021 |
(R)
|
Marilyn Jarrett |
WON
|
| |
|
023 |
(D)
|
Leah Landrum |
WON
|
| |
|
024 |
(D)
|
Laurie Larson |
lost
|
| |
|
024 |
(R)
|
Barbara Leff |
WON
|
| |
|
025 |
(D)
|
Christine
Weason |
WON
|
| |
|
026 |
(D)
|
Joan M. Fitz-Randolph |
lost
|
| |
|
027 |
(D)
|
Meg Burton
Cahill |
WON
|
| |
|
027 |
(R)
|
Laura Knaperek |
WON
|
| |
|
028 |
(D)
|
Ginny Chin |
lost
|
| |
|
028 |
(R)
|
Carolyn S.
Allen |
WON
|
| |
|
030 |
(D)
|
Eileen Fellner |
lost
|
| |
|
030 |
(D)
|
Linda K. Tonge |
lost
|
| |
|
030 |
(R)
|
Karen S.
Johnson |
WON
|
| St. |
Office |
Dist. |
Pty. |
Candidate |
Result
|
| CA |
Sen. |
009 |
(R)
|
Linda J. Marshall |
lost
|
| |
|
011 |
(R)
|
Gloria Hom |
lost
|
| |
|
023 |
(D)
|
Sheila James
Kuehl |
WON
|
| |
|
027 |
(R)
|
Marilyn Lyon |
lost
|
| |
|
027 |
(D)
|
Betty Karnette |
WON
|
| |
|
037 |
(D)
|
Sedalia L. Sanders |
lost
|
| |
|
039 |
(D)
|
Deirdre "Dede" Alpert |
WON
|
| |
Assem. |
001 |
(D)
|
Virginia
Strom-Martin |
WON
|
| |
|
007 |
(D)
|
Patricia
Wiggins |
WON
|
| |
|
008 |
(D)
|
Helen M.
Thomson |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(D)
|
Debra Gravert |
lost
|
| |
|
013 |
(D)
|
Carole Migden |
WON
|
| |
|
014 |
(D)
|
Dion Louise
Aroner |
WON
|
| |
|
015 |
(R)
|
Lynne C.
Leach |
WON
|
| |
|
016 |
(D)
|
Wilma Chan |
WON
|
| |
|
016 |
(Ind)
|
Audie Elizabeth
Bock |
lost
|
| |
|
017 |
(D)
|
Barbara Matthews |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(D)
|
Ellen M.
Corbett |
WON
|
| |
|
021 |
(R)
|
Deborah E. G.
Wilder |
lost
|
| |
|
022 |
(D)
|
Elaine Alquist |
WON
|
| |
|
024 |
(D)
|
Rebecca Cohn |
WON
|
| |
|
024 |
(R)
|
Suzanne E. Jackson |
lost
|
| |
|
029 |
(D)
|
Lita Reid |
lost
|
| |
|
031 |
(D)
|
Sarah Reyes |
WON
|
| |
|
032 |
(D)
|
Virginia R.
Gurrola |
lost
|
| |
|
035 |
(D)
|
Hannah-Beth
Jackson |
WON
|
| |
|
035 |
(R)
|
Robin Sue Sullivan |
lost
|
| |
|
036 |
(D)
|
Paula L. Calderon |
lost
|
| |
|
037 |
(D)
|
Rosalind Ann
McGrath |
lost
|
| |
|
041 |
(R)
|
Jayne Murphy
Shapiro |
lost
|
| |
|
041 |
(D)
|
Fran Pavley |
WON
|
| |
|
044 |
(D)
|
Carol Liu |
WON
|
| |
|
044 |
(R)
|
Susan Carpenter
McMillan |
lost
|
| |
|
045 |
(D)
|
Jackie Goldberg |
WON
|
| |
|
049 |
(D)
|
Gloria Romero |
WON
|
| |
|
050 |
(R)
|
Gladys O. Miller |
lost
|
| |
|
055 |
(D)
|
Jenny Oropeza |
WON
|
| |
|
056 |
(D)
|
Sally Havice |
WON
|
| |
|
056 |
(R)
|
Grace Hu |
lost
|
| |
|
057 |
(R)
|
Katherine Licari
Venturoso |
lost
|
| |
|
059 |
(D)
|
Meline Dolores
Hall |
lost
|
| |
|
061 |
(D)
|
Gloria Negrete
McLeod |
WON
|
| |
|
062 |
(R)
|
Mary Lou Martinez |
lost
|
| |
|
065 |
(R)
|
Janice "Jan" Leja |
WON
|
| |
|
068 |
(D)
|
Tina Louise
Laine |
lost
|
| |
|
070 |
(D)
|
Merritt Lori
McKeon |
lost
|
| |
|
071 |
(D)
|
Beatrice Foster |
lost
|
| |
|
072 |
(R)
|
Lynn Daucher |
WON
|
| |
|
073 |
(R)
|
Patricia
C. Bates |
WON
|
| |
|
075 |
(D)
|
Judith K. Walters |
lost
|
| |
|
075 |
(R)
|
Charlene
Zettel |
WON
|
| |
|
076 |
(D)
|
Christine
Kehoe |
WON
|
| |
|
076 |
(R)
|
Michele Nash-Hoff |
lost
|
| St. |
Office |
Dist. |
Pty. |
Candidate |
Result
|
| CO |
Sen. |
013 |
(D)
|
Joan Fitz-Gerald |
WON
|
|
|
013 |
(R)
|
Terri Rayburn |
lost
|
|
|
014 |
(D)
|
Peggy Reeves |
WON
|
|
|
019 |
(D)
|
Sue Windels |
WON
|
|
|
021 |
(D)
|
DeAnna Hanna |
WON
|
|
|
025 |
(D)
|
Stephanie
Takis |
WON
|
|
|
029 |
(R)
|
Debbie Allen |
lost
|
|
|
035 |
(R)
|
Dorothy Gotlieb |
lost
|
|
Rep. |
001 |
(D)
|
Fran Coleman |
WON
|
| |
|
002 |
(D)
|
Desiree M.
Sanchez |
WON
|
| |
|
003 |
(D)
|
Jennifer
Veiga |
WON
|
| |
|
004 |
(D)
|
Frana Araujo
Mace |
WON
|
| |
|
004 |
(R)
|
Shirley "Lynn" Kansky |
lost
|
| |
|
006 |
(R)
|
Robin McClean |
lost
|
| |
|
008 |
(D)
|
Rosemary
Marshall |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(D)
|
Alice Borodkin |
WON
|
| |
|
014 |
(D)
|
Alice Madden |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(D)
|
Renee Walbert |
lost
|
| |
|
020 |
(R)
|
Lynn Hefley |
WON
|
| |
|
021 |
(D)
|
Laurie A. Picus |
lost
|
| |
|
023 |
(R)
|
Ramey Johnson |
lost
|
| |
|
024 |
(D)
|
Cherie Jahn |
WON
|
| |
|
026 |
(D)
|
Betty Boyd |
WON
|
| |
|
031 |
(R)
|
Pam Rhodes |
WON
|
| |
|
033 |
(D)
|
Marlene Roys-Flenniken |
lost
|
| |
|
034 |
(D)
|
Lois Tochtrop |
WON
|
| |
|
035 |
(D)
|
Ann F. Ragsdale |
WON
|
| |
|
036 |
(D)
|
Mary Hodge |
WON
|
| |
|
037 |
(R)
|
Lauri Clapp |
WON
|
| |
|
037 |
(D)
|
Paula M. Busey |
lost
|
| |
|
039 |
(R)
|
Nancy
Spence |
WON
|
| |
|
040 |
(R)
|
Debbie Stafford |
WON
|
| |
|
041 |
(D)
|
Suzanne Williams |
WON
|
| |
|
044 |
(R)
|
Lola Spradley |
WON
|
| |
|
045 |
(R)
|
Joyce R.
Lawrence |
WON
|
| |
|
045 |
(D)
|
Liane "Buffie" McFadyen |
lost
|
| |
|
050 |
(R)
|
Tambor Williams |
WON
|
| |
|
051 |
(D)
|
Ann P. Harroun |
lost
|
| |
|
055 |
(R)
|
Gayle Berry |
WON
|
| |
|
058 |
(R)
|
Kay L. Alexander |
WON
|
| |
|
059 |
(D)
|
Suzanne Garcia |
lost
|
| |
|
062 |
(D)
|
Jeanne Nicholson |
lost
|
| |
|
064 |
(D)
|
Jerri L. Hill |
lost
|
| |
|
065 |
(R)
|
Phyllis Diane
Hoppe |
WON
|
| CT |
Sen. |
003 |
(R)
|
Susan G. Kniep |
lost
|
| |
|
004 |
(D)
|
Mary Ann
Handley |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(D)
|
Toni N. Harp |
WON
|
| |
|
015 |
(D)
|
Joan V. Hartley |
WON
|
| |
|
018 |
(R)
|
Cathy Welles
Cook |
WON
|
| |
|
019 |
(D)
|
Edith G.
Prague |
WON
|
| |
|
020 |
(D)
|
Melodie Peters |
WON
|
| |
|
022 |
(R)
|
Angelina "Lee" Scarpetti |
lost
|
| |
|
025 |
(D)
|
Susan Kohn |
lost
|
| |
|
026 |
(R)
|
Judith G.
Freedman |
WON
|
| |
|
033 |
(D)
|
Eileen M.
Daily |
WON
|
| |
Rep. |
003 |
(D)
|
Minnie Gonzalez |
WON
|
| |
|
004 |
(D)
|
Evelyn Mantilla |
WON
|
| |
|
005 |
(D)
|
Marie Lopez
Kirkley-Bey |
WON
|
| |
|
007 |
(D)
|
Annette Wheeler
Carter |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(D)
|
Melody A.
Currey |
WON
|
| |
|
014 |
(D)
|
Nancy E.
Kerensky |
WON
|
| |
|
015 |
(D)
|
Mary U. Eberle |
WON
|
| |
|
017 |
(D)
|
Jessie G.
Stratton |
WON
|
| |
|
020 |
(R)
|
Lisa K. MacDonald |
lost
|
| |
|
022 |
(D)
|
Elizabeth
A. Boukus |
WON
|
| |
|
023 |
(D)
|
Theresa Bielinski
Gerratana |
WON
|
| |
|
027 |
(D)
|
Sandy Nafis |
WON
|
| |
|
030 |
(R)
|
Ann P. Dandrow |
WON
|
| |
|
031 |
(R)
|
Sonya Googins |
WON
|
| |
|
032 |
(R)
|
Mertie L. Terry |
lost
|
| |
|
034 |
(D)
|
Gail Hamm |
WON
|
| |
|
036 |
(R)
|
Linda T. Douglas |
lost
|
| |
|
038 |
(D)
|
Andrea Stillman |
WON
|
| |
|
040 |
(D)
|
Nancy A.
DeMarinis |
WON
|
| |
|
041 |
(R)
|
Lenny T.
Winkler |
WON
|
| |
|
042 |
(D)
|
Mary K. McGrattan |
WON
|
| |
|
042 |
(R)
|
Susan B. Mendenhall |
lost
|
| |
|
043 |
(R)
|
Diana S.
Urban |
WON
|
| |
|
046 |
(D)
|
Dianne Ondusko |
lost
|
| |
|
048 |
(D)
|
Linda A.
Orange |
WON
|
| |
|
054 |
(D)
|
Denise W.
Merrill |
WON
|
| |
|
055 |
(R)
|
Pamela Z.
Sawyer |
WON
|
| |
|
056 |
(D)
|
Claire Janowski |
WON
|
| |
|
058 |
(D)
|
Kathy Tallarita |
WON
|
| |
|
060 |
(D)
|
Peggy Sayers |
WON
|
| |
|
061 |
(R)
|
Ruth C. Fahrbach |
WON
|
| |
|
064 |
(D)
|
Roberta B.
Willis |
WON
|
| |
|
065 |
(R)
|
Patricia L.
Dupret |
lost
|
| |
|
070 |
(D)
|
Mary Lynch Sullivan |
lost
|
| |
|
073 |
(R)
|
Catherine N.
Awwad |
lost
|
| |
|
081 |
(R)
|
Barbara Morelli |
lost
|
| |
|
085 |
(D)
|
Mary M. Mushinsky |
WON
|
| |
|
088 |
(D)
|
Nancy F.
Beals |
WON
|
| |
|
089 |
(R)
|
Gwenn Talmadge
Fischer |
lost
|
| |
|
089 |
(D)
|
Vickie Orsini
Nardello |
WON
|
| |
|
090 |
(D)
|
Mary G. Fritz |
WON
|
| |
|
092 |
(D)
|
Patricia
A. Dillon |
WON
|
| |
|
098 |
(D)
|
Patricia
M. Widlitz |
WON
|
| |
|
099 |
(R)
|
Loria S. Jaffe |
lost
|
| |
|
100 |
(R)
|
Dawn M. Adams |
lost
|
| |
|
102 |
(R)
|
Kim A. Conlin |
lost
|
| |
|
106 |
(R)
|
Julia B.
Wasserman |
WON
|
| |
|
107 |
(D)
|
Louise F. Trojanowski-Marconi |
lost
|
| |
|
108 |
(R)
|
Mary Ann
Carson |
WON
|
| |
|
112 |
(R)
|
Pat Shea |
WON
|
| |
|
123 |
(D)
|
Stacy Lynn Werner |
lost
|
| |
|
124 |
(R)
|
Vallorie L.
Clark |
lost
|
| |
|
125 |
(R)
|
Janet G. Clement |
lost
|
| |
|
127 |
(R)
|
Veronica Cassell-Vaz |
lost
|
| |
|
127 |
(D)
|
Jacqueline
M. Cocco |
WON
|
| |
|
128 |
(R)
|
Evelyn Barboza |
lost
|
| |
|
128 |
(D)
|
Lydia N.
Martinez |
WON
|
| |
|
129 |
(R)
|
Georgiana W.
Weldon |
lost
|
| |
|
133 |
(R)
|
Cathy Tymniak |
WON
|
| |
|
137 |
(R)
|
Joanne T. Romano |
lost
|
| |
|
143 |
(R)
|
Antonietta "Toni" Boucher |
WON
|
| |
|
145 |
(D)
|
Christel
H. Truglia |
WON
|
| |
|
146 |
(D)
|
Moira K.
Lyons |
WON
|
| |
|
148 |
(D)
|
Anne B. McDonald |
WON
|
| |
|
149 |
(R)
|
Livvy Floren |
WON
|
| |
|
150 |
(R)
|
Lile R. Gibbons |
WON
|
| |
|
151 |
(R)
|
Claudia M.
Powers |
WON
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| DE |
Sen. |
005 |
(R)
|
Catherine
A. Cloutier |
WON
|
|
|
007 |
(D)
|
Patricia
M. Blevins |
WON
|
|
|
012 |
(R)
|
Dorinda A.
Connor |
WON
|
|
|
015 |
(D)
|
Nancy W.
Cook |
WON
|
|
Rep. |
005 |
(D)
|
Helene M.
Keeley |
WON
|
|
|
009 |
(D)
|
Bethany Hall-Long |
lost
|
|
|
012 |
(R)
|
Deborah Hudson
Capano |
WON
|
|
|
018 |
(D)
|
Frances Anglin |
lost
|
|
|
021 |
(R)
|
Pamela S.
Maier |
WON
|
|
|
023 |
(D)
|
Judith L. Hendricks |
lost
|
|
|
025 |
(R)
|
Stephanie
Ulbrich |
WON
|
|
|
029 |
(R)
|
Pam J. Thornburg |
WON
|
|
|
030 |
(D)
|
Pamela A. Darling |
lost
|
|
|
031 |
(R)
|
Nancy H.
Wagner |
WON
|
|
|
032 |
(R)
|
Donna D.
Stone |
WON
|
|
|
034 |
(D)
|
Mary E. Sherlock |
lost
|
|
|
037 |
(R)
|
Ruth Elizabeth
Crystal |
lost
|
|
|
038 |
(D)
|
Shirley A.
Price |
WON
|
|
|
039 |
(R)
|
Tina Fallon |
WON
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| FL |
Sen. |
001 |
(D)
|
DeeDee Ritchie |
lost
|
|
|
011 |
(D)
|
Leslie E. Scales |
lost
|
|
|
011 |
(R)
|
Anna P. Cowin |
WON
|
|
|
013 |
(D)
|
Kathy Castor |
lost
|
|
|
015 |
(D)
|
Lisa Lombardi |
lost
|
|
|
031 |
(R)
|
Debby P.
Sanderson |
WON
|
|
|
032 |
(D)
|
Debbie Wasserman
Schultz |
WON
|
|
Rep. |
003 |
(R)
|
Anna "Holly" Holliday
Benson |
WON
|
| |
|
006 |
(D)
|
Brenda Smith |
lost
|
| |
|
007 |
(R)
|
Bev Kilmer |
WON
|
| |
|
009 |
(D)
|
Loranne Ausley |
WON
|
| |
|
010 |
(R)
|
Sunny Carol
Phillips |
lost
|
| |
|
011 |
(R)
|
Stevie Landon |
lost
|
| |
|
015 |
(D)
|
E. Denise
Lee |
WON
|
| |
|
020 |
(R)
|
Karen Stern |
lost
|
| |
|
024 |
(D)
|
Judy Johnson |
lost
|
| |
|
026 |
(D)
|
Joyce M.
Cusack |
WON
|
| |
|
027 |
(R)
|
Evelyn J.
Lynn |
WON
|
| |
|
028 |
(R)
|
Deborah A. Denys |
lost
|
| |
|
028 |
(D)
|
Suzanne Kosmas |
WON
|
| |
|
033 |
(D)
|
Glenda Conley |
lost
| |
