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10-22. Women Holding State Public Offices by Office and by State: 1996

                         STATEWIDE                              TOTAL
                         ELECTIVE              STATE        HOLDING STATE
 STATE             EXECUTIVE OFFICES 1/     LEGISLATURE    PUBLIC OFFICES

Alabama 3 5 8 Alaska 1 14 15 Arizona 3 27 30 Arkansas 2 17 19 California 2 24 26 3 Colorado 3 33 36 Connecticut 2 50 52 Delaware 4 13 17 Florida 1 31 32 Georgia 1 42 43 Hawaii 1 15 16 Idaho 2 30 32 Illinois 2 41 43 Indiana 4 33 37 Iowa 1 27 28 Kansas 3 46 49 Kentucky 0 11 11 Louisiana 1 16 17 Maine 0 49 49 Maryland 1 54 55 Massachusetts 0 47 47 Michigan 2 33 35 Minnesota 3 51 54 Mississippi 0 20 20 Missouri 2 * 39 41 36 Montana 1 36 37 Nebraska 1 11 12 Nevada 1 22 23 New Hampshire 0 125 125 New Jersey 1 18 19 New Mexico 2 23 25 New York 1 37 38 North Carolina 0 28 28 North Dakota 5 21 26 Ohio 2 31 33 Oklahoma 3 16 19 Oregon 1 27 28 Pennsylvania 2 29 31 Rhode Island 1 36 37 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 21 22 South Dakota 3 20 23 Tennessee 1 18 19 Texas 1 32 33 Utah 2 15 17 Vermont 1 55 56 Virginia 0 21 21 Washington 4 59 63 West Virginia 0 21 21 Wisconsin 0 31 31 Wyoming 2 18 20 UNITED STATES 80 1,539 1,619
* Includes one official who was appointed to an elective position.

1/: As of January. Excludes women elected to the judiciary, women appointed to State cabinet-level positions, women elected to executive posts by the legislature, & elected members of the University Board of Trustees or Board of Education.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1997 (117th edition), Table 285.

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