Seventy-one percent of Democratic women candidates won their primary bids for office and women are now set to be 33% of all major party nominees for the House from the four states. The Pennsylvania hopeful said she was texting other women candidates last Tuesday night as woman after woman moved onto the general election in the four states. For women candidates, many of them seeking elected office for the first time, the success of women in early primary states has provided them with confidence that their sometimes-unexpected runs aren't so far-fetched. Democrats, Dittmar said, have dominated the surge in interest, including in Pennsylvania, where 19 of the 20 women candidates are Democrats. And in Indiana, 12 women ran in the primary this year compared to the eight who ran in 2016.

Source: CNN May 14, 2018 17:37 UTC