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In 2008, Whitman was cited by The New York Times as among the women most likely to become the first female president of the United States. [5] She ran for governor of California in 2010, winning the Republican primary. The fifth-wealthiest woman in California with a net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010, [6] she spent, at the time, more of her own ...
As of 2025, 51 women have served as governor of a U.S. state, three as governor of an unincorporated U.S. territory, and two as mayor of the District of Columbia.In January 2025, women were serving as governor in 13 U.S. states (14 between January 9 and January 21), as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and Puerto Rico.
Ronald Reagan, who was president of the Screen Actors Guild and later president of the United States, and Arnold Schwarzenegger both came to prominence through acting. Gray Davis, the 37th governor of California, was the second governor in American history to be recalled by voters.
Janet Ann Napolitano (/ n ə p ɒ l ɪ ˈ t æ n oʊ /; [1] born November 29, 1957) [2] is an American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator. She served as president of the University of California from 2013 to 2020, on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015, the United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to ...
During a visit to Sacramento this week, Vice President Kamala Harris spent time with two women aiming to become California's first female governor.
A state that fancies itself a progressive path-breaker and bastion of open-minded opportunity has never elected a woman to Sacramento's top job. That male hegemony could finally end in 2026.
First woman to run for a Senate seat - Jeannette Rankin - 1918 [274] First female to preside over the House – Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma - 1921 [citation needed] First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922 [275] First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932 [276]
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was the second woman nominated for vice president by a major party and the first woman nominated by a Republican National Convention. She and her running mate, Arizona Senator John McCain , lost the 2008 United States presidential election to their Democratic challengers, Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Delaware ...