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A record-breaking number of women were elected governor in 2022 – here are 7 things to know about how that happened

  • Written by William R. Wilkerson, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Oneonta
imageMassachusetts Gov.-elect Maura Healey, at a Democratic election night party Nov. 8, 2022, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Twelve women won a governor’s office in the November 2022 midterm election. Those 12 represent a record number of women governors, more than one-quarter of the 46 women who have ever served as governor since 1974.

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