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New Jersey
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
  Marge Roukema (R)
Millicent Fenwick (R)
Helen Stevenson Meyner (D)
Florence Price Dwyer (R)
Mary Teresa Norton (D)
 U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep. 		1981-2003
1975-1983
1975-1979
1957-1973
1925-1951 
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Christine Todd Whitman (R) Governor 1994-2001
    Whitman resigned in January 2001 to serve in President Bush's cabinet as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator.
 
State Legislature
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
 15 7 2 9/ 40 17 8 25/ 80 34/ 120 28.3
2007
 27 6 2 8/ 40 13 5 18/ 80 26/ 120 21.7
2006
 31 5 2 7/ 40 11 5 16/ 80 23/ 120 19.2
2005
 41 5 2 7/ 40 9 3 12/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
2004
 43 4 2 6/ 40 10 3 13/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
2003
 39 3 2 5/ 40 10 5 15/ 80 20/ 120 16.7
2002
 40 3 2 5/ 40 10 4 14/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
2001
 43 1 2 3/ 40 10 5 15/ 80 18/ 120 15.0
2000
 42 1 2 3/ 40 10 6 16/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
1999
 40 1 2 3/ 40 9 7 16/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
1998
 39 2 2 4/ 40 9 7 16/ 80 20/ 120 16.7
1997
 39 1 1 2/ 40 8 9 17/ 80 19/ 120 15.8
1996
 37 1 0 1/ 40 7 10 17/ 80 18/ 120 15.0
1995
 41 1 0 1/ 40 6 9 15/ 80 16/ 120 13.3
1994
 42 1 0 1/ 40 4 9 13/ 80 14/ 120 11.7
1993
 41 1 0 1/ 40 2 12 14/ 80 15/ 120 12.5
1992
 40 1 1 2/ 40 2 11 13/ 80 15/ 120 12.5
1991
 43 1 1 2/ 40 4 7 11/ 80 13/ 120 10.8
1990
 38 2 1 3/ 40 4 6 10/ 80 13/ 120 10.8
1989
 43 2 1 3/ 40 2 6 8/ 80 11/ 120 9.2
1988
 40 2 1 3/ 40 2 6 8/ 80 11/ 120 9.2
1987
 37 2 1 3/ 40 2 7 9/ 80 12/ 120 10.0
1986
 36 2 1 3/ 40 2 7 9/ 80 12/ 120 10.0
1985
 36 2 1 3/ 40 5 4 9/ 80 12/ 120 10.0
1984
 35 2 1 3/ 40 5 3 8/ 80 11/ 120 9.2
1983
 38 1 0 1/ 40 4 5 9/ 80 10/ 120 8.3
1981
 40 1 0 1/ 40 3 4 7/ 80 8/ 120 6.7
1979
 18 - - 1/ 40 - - 11/ 80 12/ 120 10.0
1977
 - - - 1/ NA - - 12/ NA 13/ NA -
1975
 - - - 3/ NA - - 6/ NA 9/ NA -
  

  

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