Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures
Analysis shows at least 2,559 women will serve, driven by Democratic midterm gains.
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Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures
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What this story says
- A record number of women will serve in state legislatures.
- The increase is linked to strong Democratic performance in the recent midterm elections.
- An analysis projects at least 2,559 women will hold seats.
- Many legislative races remain too close to call.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
50/100
Craft
85/100
Hype
15/100
6 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Women are set to serve in state legislatures in record numbers following the recent midterm elections. An analysis by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University indicates that at least 2,559 women will hold seats. This outcome is attributed to strong Democratic performance in the elections. Many legislative races across the country were still too close to call at the time of reporting.
Coverage
What the coverage left out
No centre- or right-rated outlets reported on this story. The digests from the left-rated outlets did not include details on specific legislative races or the breakdown of party affiliation among the women elected.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 14 Nov 2026, 22:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
6 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports all led with the record number of women who will serve in state legislatures. They highlighted that this increase follows strong Democratic performance in the recent midterm elections. All six reports mentioned the analysis from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, which projected at least 2,559 women would serve. They also noted that many races remained undecided.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 100% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures biased?
- Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Women to Set New Record in State Legislatures?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many women will serve in state legislatures?
- An analysis by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University projects that at least 2,559 women will serve in state legislatures, setting a new record.
- What is driving the increase in women serving in state legislatures?
- The increase is linked to strong Democratic performance in the recent midterm elections. Many legislative races across the country were still too close to call.
Read it at the source
6 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
6- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens New Jersey Monitor in a new tab)
New Jersey Monitor — is New Jersey Monitor biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens arkansasadvocate.com in a new tab)
arkansasadvocate.com — is arkansasadvocate.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens alabamareflector.com in a new tab)
alabamareflector.com — is alabamareflector.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens Source New Mexico in a new tab)
Source New Mexico — is Source New Mexico biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens Michigan Advance in a new tab)
Michigan Advance — is Michigan Advance biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Fueled by Democratic gains, women will hold a record of state legislative seats (opens Stateline in a new tab)
Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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