Democratic Women in Indiana Government
Indiana moves from 35 out of 50 states to 36 out of 50 states for elected women in the state senate and state house. Currently (2011) there are 11 / 50 women in the senate, 4 Dems and 7 Rep. There are 21/100 in the house with 11 Dems and 10 Rep. The total is 32 women out of 150 state legislators or 21%.
(source: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/index.html)
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/levels_of_office/documents/stleg.pdf
STATEWIDE ELECTED
Lt. Governor Becky Skillman
INDIANA SENATE
Dem - 4/13 (31%)
Rep - 7/37 (19%)
Total - 11/50 (22%)
Jean Breaux - D - Indianapolis
Earline Rogers - D - Gary
Vi Simpson - D - Ellettsville
Karen Tallian - D - Portage
Vaneta Becker - R - Evansville
Beverly Gard - R - Greenfield
Susan Glick - R - LaGrange
Sue Landske - R - Cedar Lake
Connie Lawson - R - Danville
Jean Leising - R - Oldenburg
Patricia Miller - R - Indianapolis
INDIANA HOUSE
Dem - 11/40 (28%)
Rep - 10/60 (17%)
Total - 21/100 (21%)
Terri Austin - D - Anderson
Maria Candelaria Reardon - D - Munster
Nancy Dembowski - D - Knox
Sheila Klinker - D - Lafayette
Linda Lawson - D - Hammond
Cherrish Pryor - D - Indianapolis
Gail Riecken - D - Evansville
Mary Ann Sullivan - D - Indianapolis
Vanessa Summers - D - Indianapolis
Shelli VanDenburg - D - Crown Point
Peggy Welch - D - Bloomington
Suzanne Crouch - R - Evansville
Sue Ellspermann - R - Ferdinand
Kathy Heuer - R - Columbia City
Cindy Kirchhofer - R - Beech Grove
Rebecca Kubacki - R - Syracuse
Wendy McNamara - R - Mt. Vernon
Cindy Noe - R - Indianapolis
Phyllis Pond - R - New Haven
Rhonda Rhoads - R - Corydon
Kathy Richardson - R - Noblesvill
Indiana Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary
Statewide Elective Executives
Becky Skillman (R) Lieutenant Governor 2005-present
Connie Nass (R) State Auditor 1999-present
Suellen K. Reed (R) Sup. of Pub. Instr. 1993-present
Katherine Davis (D) Lieutenant Governor 2003-2005
Sue Anne Gilroy (R) Secretary of State 1994-2003
Karen Freeman-Wilson (D) Attorney General 2000-2001
Joyce Brinkman (R) State Treasurer 1995-1999
Pamela Carter (D) Attorney General 1993-1997
Marjorie O'Laughlin (R) State Treasurer 1987-1995
Ann G. DeVore (R) State Auditor 1987-1994
Mary Aikins Currie (D) State Auditor 1971-1978
Trudy Slaby Etherton (R) State Auditor 1968-1970
Dorothy Gardner (R) State Auditor 1961-1964
Grace B. Urbahns (R) State Treasurer 1926-1932
Urbahns was initially appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; she was subsequently elected.
Resources
Institute for Women Policy Research: www.iwpr.org/
Status of Women in Indiana Report: www.iwpr.org/pdf/IN_R314.pdf
Indiana Commission on Women:
www.in.gov/icw/about
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