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Black Women Candidates Running for Office

Searchable list of 468 black women candidates running for office in 2018 in the U.S.

58 for federal seats, 180 for state seats, 213 for local seats and 17 not specified
178 in blue states and 290 in red states, 181 incumbents and 287 challengers

Candidates for President

Kamala Harris

Browse Candidates by State

Click a state to see its candidates. The number of candidates is shown in parenthesis.
Candidate listings below have not been updated since the 2018 election.

Alabama (38)Alaska (1)Arizona (11)Arkansas (8)California (50)Colorado (4)Connecticut (3)Washington DC (7)Delaware (4)Florida (53)Georgia (42)Hawaii (0)Idaho (1)Illinois (56)Indiana (5)Iowa (4)Kansas (2)Kentucky (10)Louisiana (5)Maine (2)Maryland (79)Massachusetts (10)Michigan (16)Minnesota (12)Mississippi (4)Missouri (13)Montana (0)Nebraska (1)Nevada (7)New Hampshire (2)New Jersey (11)New Mexico (1)New York (18)North Carolina (26)North Dakota (0)Ohio (20)Oklahoma (7)Oregon (8)Pennsylvania (10)Puerto Rico (0)Rhode Island (2)South Carolina (8)South Dakota (0)Tennessee (27)Texas (80)Utah (1)Vermont (1)Virgin Islands (2)Virginia (7)Washington (4)West Virginia (2)Wisconsin (12)Wyoming (0)

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Team work making the dream work by Luvvie, Sili, Lucrecer, Candace. Database coded by Jeff Reifman.