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Women Make Up Just 20 Percent of Southeastern State Lawmakers

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80 percent male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women.

How many of your state's lawmakers are women? If you live in the Southeast, it could be just 1 in 5

In the US South, Just 1 in 5 State Lawmakers Are Women

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, representation is lagging.

Nationally, one-third of lawmakers are women. In the Southeast, it's a different story

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.

How Many of Your State's Lawmakers Are Women? – Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, is an exception in the southeast: women make up less than 1 in 5 state lawmakers in the region.