CAWP is thrilled to reveal a brand-new update to our Candidate Summary page, just in time for the first congressional and state primaries in two weeks. As always, our candidate summary contains full numbers of women candidates for Senate, House, governor, lieutenant governor, and other statewide elected executive offices, but the summary is now accompanied by interactive graphics that compare current numbers to historical records, display state-by-state information, track candidate filings, sort candidates by whether they're running for open seats or as challengers, and more. The summary currently includes both likely and filed candidates and will update throughout the year with confirmed, filed candidates and general election nominees as filing deadlines and primary elections pass. The candidate summary will also include general election candidates for state legislatures following primary election results. Check it out!

CAWP Senior Scholar Kira Sanbonmatsu published an article in the most recent issue of the academic journal Politics, Groups, and Identities that examines public attitudes towards increasing the number of women in Congress and how knowledge of current representation affects desire for increased representation: "those who overestimate the percentage of women in Congress are less supportive of electing 'more' women whereas those who underestimate the percentage of women are more supportive." One other troubling finding... "the public is slightly less supportive of electing more 'women of color' than more 'women.'" Read the full article.

As the first caucus and primary were held, scholars at CAWP and from our community of fellow experts provided insights into the presidential race on our Election Analysis blog. Dan Cassino wrote about how latent sexism impacts candidate preference in  After Iowa: Is sexism weighing Warren down? , Melissa Michelson and Brian Harrison took a look at Pete Buttigieg's strong showing in What does Buttigieg's success mean for gender progress in American politics? , and our own Kelly Dittmar discussed the best ways to push back against bias when you see it in When it comes to gender bias in politics, be confrontational.