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JUST RELEASED - We got together again with our friends @OpenSecretsDC for a joint report examining the role women played in the 2020 election cycle, both as candidates and as donors. Some highlights 🧵 followthemoney.org/research/insti…

Our research has shown there are large gender imbalances in legislative leadership across the country. Only 32% of Montana's current lawmakers are women, despite making up 49.7% of the population. #MTpol #MTleg followthemoney.org/research/insti…

Glad to join @NewsHour tonight to discuss the businesses suspending donations to GOP objectors et al after Capitol attack youtu.be/LcnMU53Yc0w

ICYMI in all the news last week - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by two conservative groups to a California requirement that tax-exempt charities disclose to the state the identity of their top financial donors. reuters.com/article/us-usa…

Welcome to the new year! Did you miss our recent report on the role of women in the 2020 elections? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our analysis on gender and elections couldn’t have been done without the support of our friends @CAWP_RU and we are so excited about our collaboration with them and with @OpenSecretsDC Again, you can read the full report here: followthemoney.org/research/insti…

In 2020, state-level women candidates relied heavily on women donors who gave 46% of their donations to women candidates. Men donors only gave 24% of their contributions to women candidates.

JUST RELEASED - We got together again with our friends @OpenSecretsDC for a joint report examining the role women played in the 2020 election cycle, both as candidates and as donors. Some highlights 🧵 followthemoney.org/research/insti…

People in the health industry have spent more on ballot measures in Colorado than in any other state except Missouri and California, according to data from @MoneyInPolitics. That’s largely due to Kent Thiry. @khn @raelnb khn.org/MTIyMzUyNA via @khnews

Twenty states have still never elected a woman governor. Only 44 women, and just three women of color, have ever served as an American governor. Full report here: cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/…

It's really exciting to see this report come out of our partnership with CAWP. It's an important analysis of the hurdles women - and especially women of color - face as gubernatorial candidates.

New from our friends @CAWP_RU: "The scarcity of women in gubernatorial office begins with their underrepresentation as [...] candidates. This is especially true for women of color and Republican women. A Black woman or Native American woman has yet to win the office of governor"

We'll be doing a livestream on Instagram with @wearecommonally today at 10 Pacific/1 Eastern Join us to learn more about campaign finance.

Aaaand, we're back!

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Another fascinating thing we uncovered is that while the proportion of out-of-state donors to state races stayed about the same, there was a complete reversal in *who* donors were supporting. Democratic candidates took in the lion's share of contributions from out-of-state.

One of our biggest findings is that women donors showed up for state candidates in 2020 - but especially Republican candidates.

JUST RELEASED - our joint report with @OpenSecretsDC dives into the record-breaking fundraising in the 2020 election cycle. followthemoney.org/research/insti…