Congressional Delegation
Congressional primaries were held on Tuesday in Mississippi. Full results on women candidates in yesterday\’s contests from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University are available on our
Election Analysis page
. Complete context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, and historical
comparisons, is available via
CAWP\’s Election Watch
. Find results from previous primaries on CAWP\’s
Election Analysis page
.
Among the most notable results for women:
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi, is likely to win re-election to a full term in the U.S. Senate this year.
While 2 (2D) women won major-party nominations in U.S. House contests, they are running as challengers in districts where their incumbent opponents are strongly favored to win. If that happens, Mississippi will remain a state that has never sent a woman to the U.S. House.
For more information, see the full analysis of how women fared in yesterday\’s contests on our
Election Analysis page
. Complete context about women in the 2020 elections can be found on
CAWP\’s Election Watch
.
About CAWP
The
Center for American Women and Politics
(CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers-New Brunswick, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women\’s political participation. Its mission is to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women\’s participation in politics and government and to enhance women\’s influence and leadership in public life. CAWP\’s education and outreach programs translate research findings into action, addressing women\’s under-representation in political leadership with effective, intersectional, and imaginative programs serving a variety of audiences. As the world has watched Americans considering female candidates for the nation\’s highest offices, CAWP\’s nearly five decades of analyzing and interpreting women\’s participation in American politics have provided the foundation and context for the discussion.