In the US South, Just 1 in 5 State Lawmakers Are Women

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, representation is lagging.

London Lamar rose from her chair in the Tennessee Senate last spring, stomach churning with anxiety as she prepared to address the sea of men sitting at creaky wooden desks around her. She wore a hot pink dress as a nod to the health needs of women, including the very few of them elected to this chamber, none of whom were, like her, obviously pregnant. She set her hands onto her growing belly.

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