10-22. Women Holding State Public Offices by Office and by State: 1996
STATEWIDE TOTAL
ELECTIVE STATE HOLDING STATE
STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES 1/ LEGISLATURE PUBLIC OFFICES
Alabama 3 5 8
Alaska 1 14 15
Arizona 3 27 30
Arkansas 2 17 19
California 2 24 26
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Colorado 3 33 36
Connecticut 2 50 52
Delaware 4 13 17
Florida 1 31 32
Georgia 1 42 43
Hawaii 1 15 16
Idaho 2 30 32
Illinois 2 41 43
Indiana 4 33 37
Iowa 1 27 28
Kansas 3 46 49
Kentucky 0 11 11
Louisiana 1 16 17
Maine 0 49 49
Maryland 1 54 55
Massachusetts 0 47 47
Michigan 2 33 35
Minnesota 3 51 54
Mississippi 0 20 20
Missouri 2 * 39 41
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Montana 1 36 37
Nebraska 1 11 12
Nevada 1 22 23
New Hampshire 0 125 125
New Jersey 1 18 19
New Mexico 2 23 25
New York 1 37 38
North Carolina 0 28 28
North Dakota 5 21 26
Ohio 2 31 33
Oklahoma 3 16 19
Oregon 1 27 28
Pennsylvania 2 29 31
Rhode Island 1 36 37
SOUTH CAROLINA 1 21 22
South Dakota 3 20 23
Tennessee 1 18 19
Texas 1 32 33
Utah 2 15 17
Vermont 1 55 56
Virginia 0 21 21
Washington 4 59 63
West Virginia 0 21 21
Wisconsin 0 31 31
Wyoming 2 18 20
UNITED STATES 80 1,539 1,619
* Includes one official who was appointed to an elective position.
1/: As of January. Excludes women elected to the judiciary, women appointed to State cabinet-level positions,
women elected to executive posts by the legislature, & elected members of the University Board of Trustees or
Board of Education.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1997 (117th edition), Table 285.
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