Most Black women since 2004 running for office this year
ore than 120 Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run for Congress in 2020, the highest number seen in more than a decade, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) confirmed.
CAWP, a unit at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers that tracks women’s political participation in the country, confirmed to The Hill on Monday that at least 129 Black or multi-racial Black women, 98 Democrats and 31 Republicans, have filed to run for Congress this year.
ut of those who filed, the group said 77 women, 60 Democrats and 17 Republicans, are currently running in their state primaries or have won them and are gearing up for general election.
The number of those who filed this year is large leap from the roughly 90 Black or multi-racial Black women who filed in 2018 and the highest ever recorded by CAWP, which has been tracking race data on women candidates since 2004.
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