Kelly Dittmar
@kdittmar
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Associate Professor, Rutgers - Camden, Director of Research at Center for American Women and Politics @CAWP_RU, Ph.D. in Women and Politics, ice cream concierge
Philadelphia, PA
Joined March 2009
At @CAWP_RU, we're known for keeping the numbers on ♀'s political representation. But numbers don't always = power. In a new report, we offer first-person insights from ♀ political leaders about defining, siting, and increasing ♀'s political power.
rethinkingpower.rutgers.edu
Increasing women’s political power is a multi-site, multiracial, and bipartisan endeavor.
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RT @PoliticsGenderJ: 📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 . @CAWP_RU scholars Kira Sanbonmatsu, @kdittmar & @parushah_mke introduce this issue's C….
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14 women governors served simultaneously (albeit briefly) in January 2025, so getting back to 14 would match the record high. @CAWP_RU.
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With Sherrill winning the NJ primary and VA set for an all-female matchup in November, it's now likely that the U.S. will soon have the most women ever elected governors at one time (14).
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RT @CUP_PoliSci: #FirstView -. Whither Politics & Gender Research? Reflections on US Election 2024 - - Kira Sanbon….
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RT @feliciasonmez: “Election 2024 marked the first time since 2010 that the number of women in Congress dropped as a result of a regular el….
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RT @NJSpotlightNews: Nearly a dozen Rutgers University students have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration “without explanati….
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Rutgers University reported that almost a dozen students have seen their student visas revoked for undetermined reasons.
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RT @malcolmkenyatta: MAJOR!! Democrat James Malone FLIPS a state senate seat in Pennsylvania!. This was a ruby red Trump +15 district in No….
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RT @semafor: How can Americans become happier?. "Increase women's participation in everything," @IcelandInUS Amb. @svanhildurholm says. "On….
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RT @Rep_McBride: I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues. I wish that they would spend even a fraction….
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RT @DaniellaMicaela: .@SarahEMcBride on GOP criticism of Dem decorum:. "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an….
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RT @RepSummerLee: Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism. Punishing dissent….
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RT @JustinWolfers: Here's the DOGE mistake, beautifully visualized: If you don't go where the money is, you don't save much money. https://….
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RT @SenWarren: I agree with Donald Trump that an unelected bureaucrat should be fired. Let’s start with Elon Musk.
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RT @CraigCaplan: 51-45: Democrats blocked the Senate from moving forward on the Republicans' bill to ban transgender student athletes from….
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RT @grace_panetta: .@RepPettersen statement on voting against the budget resolution: “Unfortunately, I wasn’t given the opportunity to vote….
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RT @grace_panetta: .@RepPettersen speaking on the floor with her newborn son Sam after voting against the GOP budget resolution: “How can a….
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RT @GovernorShapiro: I said what I said. Our Super Bowl Champion @Eagles are now America's Team 🦅🇺🇸.
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RT @DemocracyDocket: UPDATE: The Trump administration paused its defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following a lawsuit….
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Judge Rejects Baltimore's Bid for Relief in CFPB Defunding Lawsuit
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