JUST RELEASED - We got together again with our friends @OpenSecretsDC for a joint report examining the role women played in the 2020 election cycle, both as candidates and as donors. Some highlights 🧵 https://t.co/bOz8JmmWWd

Our research has shown there are large gender imbalances in legislative leadership across the country. Only 32% of Montana's current lawmakers are women, despite making up 49.7% of the population. #MTpol #MTleg https://t.co/5lUzoVD4yS

Glad to join @NewsHour tonight to discuss the businesses suspending donations to GOP objectors et al after Capitol attack

ICYMI in all the news last week - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by two conservative groups to a California requirement that tax-exempt charities disclose to the state the identity of their top financial donors. https://t.co/iP2mKDMEme

Welcome to the new year! Did you miss our recent report on the role of women in the 2020 elections? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our analysis on gender and elections couldn’t have been done without the support of our friends @CAWP_RU and we are so excited about our collaboration with them and with @OpenSecretsDC Again, you can read the full report here:

In 2020, state-level women candidates relied heavily on women donors who gave 46% of their donations to women candidates. Men donors only gave 24% of their contributions to women candidates.

In 2020 Congressional races, women candidates outraised men on average, while also nearly closing the gap in state-level contests.

In 2020, way more women ran as Democratic candidates than as Republican candidates, regardless of their incumbency status.

Since 2012, there were *23* states that saw the proportion of women candidates increased by at least 10%. Nevada saw the largest increase (26%!) and has basically reached gender parity in their candidates (49%).

Between 2016 and 2020, the percentage of women candidates in gubernatorial and state legislative races saw a huge jump, from 25 percent to 32 percent.

People in the health industry have spent more on ballot measures in Colorado than in any other state except Missouri and California, according to data from @MoneyInPolitics. That’s largely due to Kent Thiry. @khn @raelnb https://t.co/oTMv8xUiy1 via @khnews

Twenty states have still never elected a woman governor. Only 44 women, and just three women of color, have ever served as an American governor. Full report here:

It's really exciting to see this report come out of our partnership with CAWP. It's an important analysis of the hurdles women - and especially women of color - face as gubernatorial candidates.

New from our friends @CAWP_RU: "The scarcity of women in gubernatorial office begins with their underrepresentation as [...] candidates. This is especially true for women of color and Republican women. A Black woman or Native American woman has yet to win the office of governor"

We'll be doing a livestream on Instagram with @wearecommonally today at 10 Pacific/1 Eastern Join us to learn more about campaign finance.

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Another fascinating thing we uncovered is that while the proportion of out-of-state donors to state races stayed about the same, there was a complete reversal in *who* donors were supporting. Democratic candidates took in the lion's share of contributions from out-of-state.

One of our biggest findings is that women donors showed up for state candidates in 2020 - but especially Republican candidates.