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Updated: March 2007


2007 Women in Legislative Leadership 

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

STATE

NAME

LEADERSHIP POSITION

Alabama

--

--

Alaska

Senator Lyda Green (R)

Representative Beth Kerttula (D)

President of the Senate

House Minority Leader

Arizona

Senator Marsha Arzberger (D)

Senate Minority Leader

Arkansas

--

--

California

Assemblywoman Karen Bass (D)

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D)

Senator Gloria Romero (D)

Assembly Majority Leader

Speaker Pro Tem

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

Represenatative Marsha Bowen (R)

Senator Lisa Carlton (R)

House Majority Leader

Senate President Pro Tem

Georgia

--

--

Hawaii

Representative Lynn Finnegan (R)

Senator Colleen Hanabusa (D)

Senator Donna Mercado Kim (D)

House Minority Leader

President of the Senate

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

Senator Connie Lawson (R)

Senate Majority Floor Leader

Iowa

Senator Mary Lundby (R)

Representative Polly Butka (D)

Senate Minority Leader

Speaker Pro Tem

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)

Senator Elizabeth Mitchell (D)

Representative Hannah Pingree (D)

Senator Carol Weston (R)

President of the Senate

Senate Majority Leader

House Majority Leader

Senate Minority Leader

Maryland

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones (D)

Speaker Pro Tem

Massachusetts

Senator Therese Murray (D)

Senate President

Michigan

--

--

Minnesota

Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D)

Speaker of the House

Mississippi

Senator Amy Tuck (R)

Lt. Governor/President of the Senate

Missouri

Senator Maida Coleman (D)

Senate Minority Floor Leader

Montana

Representative Debby Barrett (R)

Senator Carol Williams (D)

Speaker Pro Tempore

Senate Majority Leader

Nebraska

--

--

Nevada

Speaker Barbara Buckley (D)

Senator Dina Titus (D)

Speaker of the House

Senate Minority Leader

New Hampshire

Senator Maggie Hassan (D)

Senator Sylvia Larsen (D)

Speaker Terie Norelli (D)

Representative Mary Jane Wallner (D)

Senate President Pro Tem

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

House Majority 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

Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene (D)

Speaker Pro Tem

North Carolina

--

--

North Dakota 

Senator Judy Lee (R)

Senate President Pro Tem

Ohio

Representative Joyce Beatty (D)

Senator Teresa Fedor (D)

House Minority Leader

Senate Minority Leader

Oklahoma

--

--

Oregon

Senator Kate Brown (D)

Senator Margaret Carter (D)

Representative Diane Rosenbaum (D)

Senate Majority Leader

Senate President Pro Tem

Speaker Pro Tem

Pennsylvania

--

--

Rhode Island

Senator M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D)

Senate Majority Leader

South Carolina 

--

--

South Dakota

--

--

Tennessee

Representative Lois DeBerry (D)

Senator Rosalind Kurita (D)

Speaker Pro Tem

Senate President Pro Tem

Texas

--

--

Utah

--

--

Vermont

Representative Carolyn Partridge (D)

Speaker Gaye Symington (D)

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 Majority Leader

 Wyoming

--

--

 American Samoa

 --

 --

 District of Columbia

 --

--

 Guam

Senator Judith Won Pat (D)

 Minority Leader

 Puerto Rico

Maria de Lourdes Santiago Negron (PIP)

Margarita Nolasco (NPP)

Iris Miriam Ruiz (NPP)

Senate Minority Whip

Senate Majority Whip

House Majority Whip

 Virgin Islands

--

--

 

 Total number of women in legislative leadership  62
 Total women legislative leaders in House chambers  26
 Total women legislative leaders in Senate chambers (including unicameral legislatures)  36
 Total Democrats  47
 Total Republicans  12
 Total Third-Party  3

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