Key Challenge Races We Are Watching on Election Day

October 31, 2014

Election night, we will be watching results for many incumbent women candidates. The following list includes some of nation’s hottest, most watched races listed by name, office they are seeking, and state.

1.  Alison Lundergan Grimes, US Senate Kentucky
2. Wendy Davis, governor Texas
3.  Michelle Nunn, US Senate Georgia
4.  Martha Coakley, governor Massachusetts
5. Gina Raimondo, governor Rhode Island
6. Mary Burke, governor Wisconsin
7. Joni Ernst, US Senate Iowa
8. Roxanne Laura, House of Representatives New Mexico
9. Natalie Tennant, US Senate West Virginia
10. Shelley Moore Capito, US Senate West Virginia
11. Connie Pillich, State Treasurer Ohio
12. Susan Wissmer, governor South Dakota
13. Shenna Bellows, US Senate Maine

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley speaks to reporters in Boston, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, where she declared herself a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy died last week of brain cancer at age 77. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)