"The truth is that on the ground, women candidates are not getting the support and the help that we need to become really competitive." Like many of this year’s women candidates, Payne launched a campaign against the toughest type of candidate to beat: one who’s already in office. Nationwide, six major party women candidates are running against incumbents. In California, that figure is 60% and just six major party candidates are running for the state’s two open seats. And even though women are breaking records this year in raw numbers, men still make up roughly three quarters of major party House candidates in California and nationally.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 28, 2018 10:07 UTC