Women in the GOP
2020 Election Snapshot
In what is called the "Year of the Republican Woman," Cynthia Lummis is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Wyoming. In the U.S. House, a historic 18 non-incumbent Republican women are elected, including nine who beat Democrat incumbents, and every incubment Republican woman is reelected. Young Kim and Michelle Steel of California are the first Korean-American women elected to Congress, while Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma is the first Iranian-American and Yvette Herrell of New Mexico is the first Cherokee woman. During the 117th Congress, a record 29 Republican women will serve in the U.S. House (31 if the two non-voting Republican women delegates from American Samoa and Puerto Rico are included), and a record total of 37 Republican women will serve in both chambers.
Republican women set records in the 2020 general elections. Read more here >>
Republican women set candidate records in 2020. Read more here >>
2020 REPUBLICAN WOMEN NOMINEES, FEDERAL AND STATEWIDE OFFICE
(with winners in red)
ALABAMA
Twinkle Cavanaugh, Public Service Commissioner - NFRW Member *
AMERICAN SAMOA
Amata Radewagen, Delegate *
ARIZONA
Martha McSally, Senate - NFRW Member *
Tiffany Shedd, CD1 - NFRW Member
Debbie Lesko, CD8 - NFRW Member *
Lea Márquez Peterson, Corporation Commissioner - NFRW Member *
CALIFORNIA
Tamika Hamilton, CD3 - NFRW Member
Chris Bish, CD6 - NFRW Member
Nisha Sharma, CD11
Alison Hayden, CD15 - NFRW Member
Ronda Kennedy, CD26
Agnes Gibboney, CD31 - NFRW Member
Erin Cruz, CD36 - NFRW Member
Young Kim, CD39 - NFRW Member
Aja Smith, CD41
Michelle Steel, CD48 - NFRW Member
COLORADO
Lauren Boebert, CD3 - NFRW Member
CONNECTICUT
Mary M. Fay, CD1
Margaret Streicker, CD3
DELAWARE
Lauren Witzke, Senate - NFRW Member
Julianne E. Murray, Governor - NFRW Member
Donyale Hall, Lieutenant Governor
Julia Pillsbury, Insurance Commissioner - NFRW Member
FLORIDA
Kat Cammack, CD3
Vennia Francois, CD10
Anna Paulina Luna, CD13 - Florida FRW At-Large Member
Christine Quinn, CD14
Laura Loomer, CD21
Carla Spalding, CD23
Lavern Spicer, CD24 - NFRW Member
Maria Salazar, CD27 - NFRW Member
GEORGIA
Johsie Cruz, CD4
Angela Stanton-King, CD5
Karen Handel, CD6 - NFRW Member
Becky E. Hites, CD13 - NFRW Member
Marjorie Greene, CD14
ILLINOIS
Philanise White, CD1
Theresa Raborn, CD2 - NFRW Member
Jeanne Ives, CD6
Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, CD10
Mary Miller, CD15
Esther Joy King, CD17 - NFRW Member
INDIANA
Jackie Walorski, CD2 *
Victoria Spartz, CD5 - NFRW Member
Susan Marie Smith, CD7 - NFRW Member
Suzanne Crouch, Lieutenant Governor *
IOWA
Joni Ernst, Senate - NFRW Member *
Ashley Hinson, CD1 - NFRW Member
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, CD2 - NFRW Member
KANSAS
Amanda Adkins, CD3
KENTUCKY
Rhonda Palazzo, CD3
MAINE
Susan Collins, Senate *
MARYLAND
Kimberly Klacik, CD7 - NFRW Member
MASSACHUSETTS
Tracy Lovvorn, CD2
Julie Hall, CD4
Caroline Colarusso, CD5
Rayla Campbell, CD7
Helen Brady, CD9
MICHIGAN
Lisa McClain, CD10 - NFRW Member
MINNESOTA
Michelle Fischbach, CD7
MISSISSIPPI
Cindy Hyde-Smith, Senate - NFRW Member *
MISSOURI
Ann Wagner, CD2 *
Vicky Hartzler, CD4 * - NFRW Member
MONTANA
Kristen Juras, Lieutenant Governor - NFRW Member
Christi Jacobsen, Secretary of State - NFRW Member
Elsie Arntzen, Supt. of Public Instruction * - NFRW Member
Jennifer Fielder, Public Service Commissioner - NFRW Member
NEVADA
Joyce Bentley, CD1
NEW JERSEY
Claire Gustafson, CD1 - NFRW Member
Jen Zinone, CD10
Rosemary Becchi, CD11 - NFRW Member
NEW MEXICO
Michelle Garcia Holmes, CD1
Yvette Herrell, CD2 - NFRW Member
Alexis Johnson, CD3
NEW YORK
Cathy Bernstein, CD10
Nicole Malliotakis, CD11
Lovelynn Gwinn, CD13
Maureen McArdle-Schulman, CD17
Chele Farley, CD18
Elizabeth Joy, CD20 - NFRW Member
Elise Stefanik, CD21
Claudia Tenney, CD22 - NFRW Member
NORTH CAROLINA
Sandy Smith, CD1 - NFRW Member
Virginia Foxx, CD5 - NFRW Member
Catherine Truitt, Supt. of Public Instruction - NFRW Member
OHIO
Laverne Gore, CD11
Christiana Hagan, CD13
OKLAHOMA
Stephanie Bice, CD5 - NFRW Member
OREGON
Jo Rae Perkins, Senate - NFRW Member
Amy Ryan Courser, CD5
Joanna Harbour, CD3
Kim Thatcher, Secretary of State
PENNSYLVANIA
Kathy Barnette, CD4
Dasha Pruett, CD5
Lisa Scheller, CD7
Heather Heidelbaugh, Attorney General
Stacy Garrity, Treasurer - NFRW Member
PUERTO RICO
Jenniffer A. González Colón, CD-Resident Commissioner - NFRW Member *
SOUTH CAROLINA
Nancy Mace, CD1
TENNESSEE
Diana Harshbarger, CD1 - NFRW Member
Charlotte Bergmann, CD9 - NFRW Member
TEXAS
Kay Granger, CD12 - NFRW Member *
Monica de la Cruz-Hernandez, CD15
Irene Armendariz-Jackson, CD16 - NFRW Member
Beth Van Duyne, CD24 - NFRW Member
Sandra Whitten, CD28 - NFRW Member
Jaimy Blanco, CD29
Genevieve Collins, CD32 - NFRW Member
Jennifer Garcia Sharon, CD35
UTAH
Deidre Henderson, Lieutenant Governor
VERMONT
Miriam Berry, CD-AL
Carolyn Branagan, Treasurer
VIRGINIA
Aliscia Andrews, CD10 - NFRW Member
Manga Anatatmula, CD11
WASHINGTON
Jaime Herrera Beutler, CD3 *
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, CD5 - NFRW Member *
Elizabeth Kreiselmaier, CD6
Kim Wyman, Secretary of State - NFRW Member *
Sue Kuehl Pederson, Land Commissioner
WEST VIRGINIA
Shelley Moore Capito, Senate *
Carol Miller, CD3 - NFRW Member *
WYOMING
Cynthia Lummis, Senate
Liz Cheney, CD-AL *
* Incumbent