Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.

Study says women under-represented in nine state court systems

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
StateCourtsPortalMastheadImage.png

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]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Follow the Money, "Judicial Diversity and Money in Politics: AL, GA, IL, NM, NC, OH, PA, WA, WI," January 28, 2010
v • e
Judicial elections by state
Electionbuttonsnowords.png
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Study_says_women_under-represented_in_nine_state_court_systems&oldid=6631777"