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
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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/
New records for total number of women (27) and number of Republican women (11) in the US Senate with the swearing in of Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), per @CAWP_RU.
Per CAWP: With Darlene Graham Nordone’s appointment, a record 27 women will serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate, including a record 11 Republican women. Nordone will also become the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate.
cawp.rutgers.edu/data/levels…
Governor Janet Mills' departure from Maine's U.S. Senate race raises important questions about the ways gender matters in access to campaign funds.
CAWP's Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2026 is tracking gender disparities in campaign finance and donors. cawp.rutgers.edu/research/ca…
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
@CAWP_RU scholars Kira Sanbonmatsu, @kdittmar & @parushah_mke introduce this issue's Critical Perspectives collection on the gender and racial dynamics of the 2024 US election cycle.
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ALT Critical Perspectives introduction "Whither Politics & Gender Research? Reflections on US Election 2024" by Kira Sanbonmatsu, Kelly Dittmar and Paru Shah. Article begins: "The 2024 elections made US history in numerous ways. Vice President Kamala Harris became the first Black and South Asian woman to be nominated by a major party for the presidency. Former president Donald Trump made history by becoming the oldest person and the first convicted felon to become president. 2024 marked the first presidential election following the historic Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022. We asked leading experts in the field to reflect on the gender and racial dynamics of the 2024 election cycle and consider which aspects of the election are illuminated by gender scholarship. We asked what theories help explain the dynamics of the campaigns, voting behavior, and the outcome, as well as which election aspects were unanticipated."
14 women governors served simultaneously (albeit briefly) in January 2025, so getting back to 14 would match the record high. cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/curre… @CAWP_RU
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#FirstView -
Whither Politics & Gender Research? Reflections on US Election 2024 - cup.org/3Fyu5Vi
- Kira Sanbonmatsu, @KDittmar & Paru Shah (all @rutgersnb)
ALT Logo with the text "Politics & Gender #FirstView" displayed in white font on a dark blue and gold background.
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“Election 2024 marked the first time since 2010 that the number of women in Congress dropped as a result of a regular election.”
That and more from @kdittmar and @CAWP_RU in this important report: womenrun.rutgers.edu/2024-re…
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Nearly a dozen Rutgers University students have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration “without explanation,” according to President Jonathan Holloway, who stated that the university would stand behind the students and provide resources. ow.ly/sYUu50VxQCJ
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MAJOR!! Democrat James Malone FLIPS a state senate seat in Pennsylvania!
This was a ruby red Trump +15 district in November.
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How can Americans become happier?
"Increase women's participation in everything," @IcelandInUS Amb. @svanhildurholm says. "One of the key infrastructures in Iceland is a heavily subsidized daycare system so you don't have to choose between having a family, having children, and having a career."
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Nancy Pelosi says Chuck Schumer is wrong and the House GOP's CR is worse than a govt shutdown.
"Let’s be clear: neither is a good option for the American people," she says. "But this false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable."
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I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues.
I wish that they would spend even a fraction of the time that they spend thinking about me, thinking about how to lower costs for American families.
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.@SarahEMcBride on GOP criticism of Dem decorum:
"We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues."
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Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism.
Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.
We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported
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Here's the DOGE mistake, beautifully visualized: If you don't go where the money is, you don't save much money.
nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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I agree with Donald Trump that an unelected bureaucrat should be fired.
Let’s start with Elon Musk.
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Trump says he has stopped "government censorship" and "free speech is back."
Meanwhile, he has banned the AP from covering many White House events bc he doesn't like a term they use.
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51-45: Democrats blocked the Senate from moving forward on the Republicans' bill to ban transgender student athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports at K-12 schools, universities and colleges that receive federal funding. 60 votes were needed.
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.@RepPettersen statement on voting against the budget resolution: “Unfortunately, I wasn’t given the opportunity to vote remotely after giving birth just a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from voting against this harmful legislation.”
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.@RepPettersen speaking on the floor with her newborn son Sam after voting against the GOP budget resolution: “How can anyone show their face in their district after voting yes on this?”
