Stateline: In 2015, female candidates for state legislative seats are just as likely to win as their male competitors. The challenge is getting them to run.
A quarter of the nation’s state legislators are women. That’s up dramatically from the 5 percent figure of the early 1970s. But the percentage hasn’t budged much in more than a decade, prompting many to question what can be done to encourage more women to seek state elective office.
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