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A record number of women will serve as state governors next year — building on the historic gains made during the 2022 elections. The new record came after Republican Kelly Ayotte, a former U.S ...
A record number of women will serve as state governors next year — building on the historic gains made during the 2022 elections. The new record came after Republican Kelly Ayotte, a former U.S. senator and state attorney general, won the New Hampshire governor’s race on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Joyce Craig in what was considered this year’s most competitive gubernatorial election.
Currently, 12 women are serving as governors of U.S. states, along with the Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser and territorial governor Lou Leon Guerrero of Guam. Of the current state governors, 8 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans. Republican Kelly Ayotte will take office as Governor of New Hampshire on January 1, 2025.
The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's governor means 13 women will serve as a state's chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections ...
The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections.. Governors hold powerful sway in American politics, shaping state policy and often using the experience and profile gained to launch campaigns for higher offices.
On November 4, 1924, voters elected the first woman governor in the United States. While two women previously held the office of acting governor for a short time—gubernatorial assistant Caroline B. Shelton of Oregon for a weekend in 1909, and later New Mexico Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de Chacón for two weeks earlier in summer 1924—November 1924 marked the “first” woman ...
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The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's governor means 13 women will serve as a state's chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections.
Currently, 12 out of the 50 state governors are women, more than there have ever been. Of these trailblazers, four are Republicans, and eight are Democrats.
Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former White House press secretary in the Trump administration, will become the state’s first female governor, winning the job that her father once held.