RepresentWomen in the News

By Rebecca Hellmich The Granite State is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to achieve gender parity in elected office. Here’s how they did it. The people of New Hampshire take...

By Leada Gore Alabama has climbed out of the basement in a ranking of the number of women who hold elected office in the state. Representation 2020 assigned all 50 states a gender parity...

Vermont ranks 39th in the nation for gender equality in local, state and national elected office, according to a report published this week by Representation 2020, a national group that promotes women in politics....

The Vermont Political Observer A survey of women’s representation in elective office came out a few days ago, and it found good old progressive liberal hotbed Vermont way down in 39th place among the...

By Reid Wilson  Reid Wilson is the author of Read In, The Post’s morning tipsheet on politics. If you have a candidate for best state, e-mail him at [email protected]. The pay gap between men...