Study says women under-represented in nine state court systems
From Ballotpedia
February 24, 2010
A study released by the National Institute on Money in State Politics in January 2010 concluded that "women and members of ethnic or racial minorities are underrepresented in a majority of state courts across the nation."[1]
The study took a look at the electoral fates of state-level candidates for judicial positions in 35 states, with a very focused look in 9 states (Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin) with a view to discovering whether their odds of winning office correlated with their:
- Ability to raise money
- Ethnicity, race or gender.[1]
Of the 154 candidates scrutinized in the study:
- 12% of the 154 state candidates were members of an ethnic or racial minority.
- 35% of the 154 candidates were women.[1]
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