After 10 states have held their primaries, women have racked up a 60-63 win-loss record. Not too shabby, especially considering that some primaries have included multiple women. The vast majority—52—of the 60 winning women are Democrats. But, the New York Times’s Denise Lu and Kate Zernike caution, that doesn’t mean that Congress will see an equivalent explosion of Democratic women:
Of the 52 Democrats who have won their primaries, 34 are in districts that are considered solid or likely Republican seats in the general election in November, based on the ratings of three nonpartisan organizations. Just three are Republicans running in districts considered solid or likely Democratic [...]
More than half of the women who have won primaries so far — 33 out of 60 — will be challenging an incumbent in the fall.
So there are some challenges. But women aren’t going to get into Congress if they don’t first run and then win their primaries, so we’re two steps along the road. Now we just have to win a few of those solid or likely Republican seats …
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