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Updated: April 2006


2006 Women in Legislative Leadership 

(Bold letters indicate new leaders or leaders in a new position)

STATE

NAME

LEADERSHIP POSITION

Alabama

Senator Lucy Baxley (D)

Lieutenant Governor

Alaska

Representative Beth Kerttula (D)

House Minority Whip

Arizona

Representative Linda Aguirre (D)

Senate Minority Leader

Arkansas

--

--

California

Senator Gloria Romero (D)

Senate Majority Leader

Colorado

Senator Joan Fitz-Gerald (D)

Representative Alice Madden (D)

President of the Senate

House Majority Leader

Connecticut

--

--

Delaware

Senator Liane Sorenson (R)

Senate Minority Whip

Florida

--

--

Georgia

--

--

Hawaii

Representative Lynn Finnegan (R)

Senator Colleen Hanabusa (D)

Senator Donna Mercado Kim (D)

House Minority Leader

Senate Majority Leader

Vice President of the Senate

Idaho

Representative Wendy Jaquet (D)

House Minority Leader

Illinois

Representative Barbara Flynn Currie (D)

Senator Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson (D)

House Majority Leader

Senate Majority Leader

Indiana

--

--

Iowa

Senator Mary Lundby (R)

Senate Republican Floor Leader

Kansas

--

--

Kentucky

Senator Katie Stine (R)

Senate President Pro Tem

Louisiana

Senator Diana Bajoie (D)

Representative Yvonne Dorsey (D)

Senate President Pro Tem

Speaker Pro Tem

Maine

Senator Beth Edmonds (D)

President of the Senate

Maryland

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones (D)

Senator Ida G. Ruben (D)

Speaker Pro Tem

Pres. Pro Tem of the Senate

Massachusetts

--

--

Michigan

Senator Patricia Birkholz (R)

Representative Dianne Byrum (D)

President Pro Tem of the Senate

House Minority Floor Leader

Minnesota

--

--

Mississippi

Senator Amy Tuck (R)

Lt. Governor/President of the Senate

Missouri

Senator Maida Coleman (D)

Senate Minority Floor Leader

Montana

--

--

Nebraska

--

--

Nevada

Representative Barbara Buckley (D)

Representative Chris Giunchigliani (D)

Senator Dina Titus (D)

House Majority Leader

House Speaker Pro Tem

Senate Minority Leader

New Hampshire

Senator Sylvia Larsen (D)

Senate Democratic Leader

New Jersey

Senator Shirley Turner (D)

Representative Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D)

Pres. Pro Tem of the Senate

House Majority Leader

New Mexico

--

--

New York

--

--

North Carolina

--

--

North Dakota 

--

--

Ohio

Representative Joyce Beatty (D)

Senator C.J. Prentiss (D)

House Minority Leader

Senate Minority Leader

Oklahoma

Representative Jari Askins (D)

Representative Susan Winchester (R)

House Minority Leader

House Speaker Pro Tem

Oregon

Senator Kate Brown (D)

Senator Margaret Carter (D)

Representative Karen Minnis (R)

Senate Majority Leader

Senate President Pro Tem

Speaker of the House

Pennsylvania

--

--

Rhode Island

Senator M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D)

Senate Majority Leader

South Carolina 

--

--

South Dakota

--

--

Tennessee

Representative Lois DeBerry (D)

Representative Kim McMillan (D)

Speaker Pro Tempore

House Majority Leader

Texas

--

--

Utah

--

--

Vermont

Representative Sarah Edwards (VT Progressive Party)

Representative Peg Flory (R)

Representative Carolyn Partridge (D)

Representative Gaye Symington (D)

Third Party Assistant Leader

House Minority Leader

House Majority Leader

Speaker of the House

Virginia

--

--

Washington

Senator Lisa Brown (D)

Senator Rosa Franklin (D)

Representative Lynn Kessler (D)

Senate Majority Leader

Senate President Pro Tem

House Majority Leader

West Virginia

--

--

Wisconsin

Senator Judy Robson (D)

Senate Democratic Leader

 Wyoming

Senator Rae Lynn Job (D)

Senate Minority Floor Leader

 American Samoa

 --

 --

 District of Columbia

 Linda Cropp (D)

 Chairman of the Council

 Guam

 Joanne M.S. Brown (R)

 Vice-Speaker of the Legislature

 Puerto Rico

 --

 --

 Virgin Islands

 Lorraine Berry (D)

 President of the Legislature

 

 Total number of women in legislative leadership  52
 Total women legislative leaders in House chambers  23
 Total women legislative leaders in Senate chambers (including unicameral legislatures)  29
 Total Democrats  41
 Total Republicans  10
 Total Third-Party  1

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