--- title: Women in Government: No State Legislature is Half Female description: Women make up a majority of voters in national elections, but far from a majority of those elected to serve canonical: https://time.com/3103478/women-congress-elections-state-senate/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T19:36:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:36:58.496Z article:section: Politics og:title: Women in Government: No State Legislature is Half Female og:description: Women make up a majority of voters in national elections, but far from a majority of those elected to serve og:url: https://time.com/3103478/women-congress-elections-state-senate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92f14c5da892fc4/69869f451eebf721b6372383/ap399644982135.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3996 og:image:height: 2248 og:image:alt: Women in Congress og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women in Government: No State Legislature is Half Female twitter:description: Women make up a majority of voters in national elections, but far from a majority of those elected to serve twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92f14c5da892fc4/69869f451eebf721b6372383/ap399644982135.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Two Charts That Show How Women Leaders Trail Men At Ballot Box > Sponsored content. 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Lynne Sladky—AP by [Graphiq](https://time.com/author/findthebest/) ## Graphiq Aug 12, 2014 7:36 PM UTC Many people believe that we live in a new era in which glass ceilings are being broken and in which women are gaining more say and power. But are women getting a large enough say in our country’s political decisions? Research engine [FindTheBest](http://www.findthebest.com/) compiled data on all 538 current [members of Congress](http://members-of-congress.findthebest.com/) and calculated the percentage of women serving in Congress by state. The only state with complete female representation is New Hampshire, with all four delegates (two in the House and two in the Senate). Hawaii comes in second with 75% women (out of four) and then Maine, where the congressional representatives are half women and half men. The following 47 states all have less than 50% women representing their citizens in Congress. Of the 16 states that have no women serving in Congress, Georgia has the most Congressional seats at 16, followed by Virginia and New Jersey, which both have 13. Among the bigger states with most Congressional seats, Texas has three female delegates (7%) and 35 male (92%)—a much wider gap than California’s 20 women (36%) and 35 men (63%). FindTheBest also collected data on all current members of state legislatures. Although both genders are at least represented in all 50 states, not a single state has a legislature that is at least half female. Colorado has the highest percentage of women serving the state, comprising 41 percent. Vermont takes the second highest spot, with a legislative body is that 40% female and 59% male, and Arizona, which is 35% female and 64% male. 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