Primary to Yield Record Number of Women on General Election Ballot
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
AMES, Iowa, May 29 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
There is reason to be optimistic the number of women in the Iowa Legislature in 2019 will surpass the record set 10 years prior.
Iowa has tied the record in recent years, but never elected more than 35 women, said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University. Bystrom is "cautiously optimistic" the state will see growth ba . . .
There is reason to be optimistic the number of women in the Iowa Legislature in 2019 will surpass the record set 10 years prior.
Iowa has tied the record in recent years, but never elected more than 35 women, said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University. Bystrom is "cautiously optimistic" the state will see growth ba . . .