Have you ever wondered how CAWP provides detailed, up-to-the-minute information about women candidates and officeholders from the state legislatures on up? The magic occurs in the office of information services manager Gilda Morales. She and her interns gather, tabulate and report it all - and you can help! If you hear about a special election, a woman appointed to fill a vacancy, a death in office, or a woman getting ready to run, shoot Gilda an email ([email protected]). Then, when you see your information incorporated into our online data, you can bask in the knowledge that you're a part of Gilda's team. Thanks!

More Female Elephants

In  "The Elephant Trainer,"The Atlantic's Michelle Cottle profiles Christine Toretti and her efforts to increase the number of GOP women officeholders with her new super-PAC, Women Lead.

So What Else is New?

Rebecca Traister, in The New Republic, reminds us that "It's (Still) Only Women Pols Who Get Judged on their Family Life." 

What Catfight?

As reported by Caitlin Macneil in Talking Points Memo, Senator Claire McCaskill raises a good question: Why Does a Disagreement Between Two Women Get So Much Attention? The subject is different approaches to sexual assault in the military proposed by McCaskill and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.