TABLE 6.1 Women’s Caucus Structures in American State Legislatures No Women’s Caucus Informal Women’s Caucus Formal Women’s Caucus Alabama Colorado Arkansas Arizona (2005-2008) California Iowa Colorado Kansas Connecticut (2009) Delaware Minnesota Idaho Georgia Mississippi Indiana Montana* Kentucky Florida (2005-2006) Michigan Hawaii New Hampshire Illinois Nevada New Jersey Louisiana (2005-2008) Maryland New Mexico Massachusetts Dakota North Dakota Missouri (2007-2009) (2005-2006) Montana* (2007-2009) Ohio Oklahoma New Jersey Oregon Wisconsin (2009) Pennsylvania (2005-2007) New York South Dakota Carolina Tennessee Wyoming Rhode Island Texas (2006-2009) South Carolina Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia** Washington Wisconsin (2008-2009) Wyoming (2005) Nebraska and Alaska are excluded for reasons noted in Footnote 1. * Montana’s women’s caucus consists solely of Democratic members. ** West Virginia’s women’s caucus serves only House members.
TABLE 6.1 Women’s Caucus Structures in American State Legislatures No Women’s Caucus Informal Women’s Caucus Formal Women’s Caucus Alabama Arizona Iowa Kansas Minnesota Mississippi Montana* (2005-2006) Nevada New Mexico Dakota (2007-2009) Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin (2008-2009) Wyoming (2005) Colorado (2005-2008) Connecticut Delaware Idaho Indiana Kentucky Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey (2005-2008) North Dakota (2005-2006) Oklahoma Wisconsin (2005-2007) Wyoming (2006-2009) Arkansas California Colorado (2009) Georgia Florida Hawaii Illinois Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Missouri Montana* (2007-2009) New Jersey (2009) New York Carolina Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont West Virginia** Nebraska and Alaska are excluded for reasons noted in Footnote 1. * Montana’s women’s caucus consists solely of Democratic members. ** West Virginia’s women’s caucus serves only House members.
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