Record number of women run for state legislatures in 2026

A record 3,824 women are running for state legislative seats across 46 states this November, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. This figure exceeds the previous record of 3,621 candidates set in 2022, with women comprising 35.5% of all state legislative candidates in the current cycle.

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