A Record Year For Women In U.S. Politics
Kelly Dittmar's ForbesWomen article calls the 2026 U.S. elections historic for women: first women governors of Georgia, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Ohio, including Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman elected governor and Deb Haaland as the first Native American woman governor. Dittmar attributes the records to Democratic women, and forecasts women will top one-third of governors in 2027 yet still fall short of parity, while urging Republicans to address their shrinking share of women officeholders.
