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Some states like Nevada have had a couple legislative cycles of women majority Legislatures. Overall, Rutgers’ Center for American Women in Politics says that 10 state legislatures have fewer than 25% women. The fewest women elected officials is throughout the South, e.g. Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Louisiana. Jennifer Lawless, chair of the politics department at the University of Virginia, says voters will elect women but women aren’t running for office.

AP via VOA news | Few Female Lawmakers in US Statehouses