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Women in National, State, and Local Political Positions, 2002
Figure 10.7
This table contains the number and percentage of women today in selected political positions. Describe the types of political offices in which women have been the most successful.
Position
Federal judicial branch
Supreme Court justice
U.S. Court of Appeals, chief judge U.S. District Court judge
Number of Women
Percentage Female
Federal legislative branch U.S. representative
U.S. senator
House leadership post Senate leadership post
60 14% 13 13 6 1 5 5
2 22 1 8 7 8
Federal executive branch
Cabinet member
Executive agency head
Principal advisor, office of the president
3 21 2 22 4 36
State executive branch
Governor 5 10
Lt. governor Attorney general Secretary of state State treasurer
Local executive branch
Mayors of 100 largest cities
Mayors of cities over 30,000
All mayors and municipal council members in cities over 10,000
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17 34 8 16
13 26 12 24
12 12 202 21
State legislative branch
State representative 1,668 23 State senator 403 20
4,513 21
Source: Center for the American Woman and Politics, Rutgers University, “Fact Sheet,” 2002.