GENDER PARITY INDEX 2017 REPRESENTATION20/20RE

Grade GENDER PARITY SCORE HISTORY

D Arizona C 33.8 32.9 32.4 29.1 30.8

VOTING SYSTEMS IN ARIZONA 15.3

STATE RANKING Multi/Single-Winner Districts Winner Take All 1993 2003 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 PRIMARY WOMEN’S LEGISLATIVE A Gender Parity Score of 50 indicates a GENDER PARITY SCORE TYPE CAUCUS? state has reached gender parity in elected Semi-closed No office. Gender parity is defined as the point at which women and men are equally 32.4 likely to hold elected office in the state. Goal: 50

THE FORMULA

U.S CONGRESS 3.3 Women in Congress # OF U.S. CONGRESS SEATS HELD BY WOMEN /30 points Arizona sent one less woman to Congress after the 2016 115th Congress State History elections, as former congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (D-01) lost the U.S. Senate race. Currently, Martha McSally (R-02) SENATE 0 of 2 0 and Kyrsten Sinema (D-09) are Arizona’s two congresswomen. HOUSE 2 of 9 7

STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES 13.9 Women Statewide Executives # OF STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES HELD BY WOMEN /30 points Arizona has elected more female governors (4) than any 2017 State History other state: (D, 1988-91), (R, 1997- 2003), (D, 2003-09), and (R, GOVERNOR 0 4 2009-15). Arizona has also elected the third most women (21) to statewide executive positions. OTHER AZ OFFICES 2 of 10 21

STATE LEGISLATURE 12.4 Women State Legislators % OF STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS HELD BY WOMEN /30 points Arizona’s State Senate has the highest share of female 60% members, 46.7%, of any state legislative chamber in the 39% 40% 36% United States. Overall, 38.9% of Arizona state legislators are 20% women. Debbie Lesko (R) serves as the President pro temp of 0% the Arizona Senate. Arizona’s state house uses multi-member 1993 2017 districts. CITIES AND COUNTIES 2.7 Female Mayors and County Executives /10 points Of Arizona’s 29 cities with a population of at least 30,000, six have female mayors. Arizona’s second largest county, Pima County, has a woman chair of the board of supervisors.

TOTAL Sources: Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, Ballotpedia, United States Conference of Mayors and city and county websites (January 2017) 32.4 /100 points PARITY = 50 Note: Due to rounding, the total score may not exactly equal the sum of the four parts