21. A new group was set up this week in Turkey to try and elect more women to parliament. 22. Delaware voters elected a woman as governor for the first time Tuesday, but a similar trailblazing bid by cancer-stricken Heidi Heitkamp fell short in North Dakota. 23. Delaware voters elected a woman as governor for the first time Tuesday, and Democrats also kept control of statehouses in New Hampshire, North Carolina and Indiana. 24. In notable mayoral races, Cleveland elected a woman as its leader for the first time, county commissioner and former legislator Jane Campbell. 25. In notable mayoral races, Cleveland appeared likely to elect a woman as its leader for the first time, county commissioner and former legislator Jane Campbell. 26. Momentum had been building for a female bishop, even though delegates last weekend rejected a resolution that would have required a woman to be elected. 27. New York has never independently elected a woman to statewide office. 28. New York has never elected a woman running alone to statewide office, though three have been elected lieutenant governor as part of a single ticket with a governor. 29. The environmentalist Greens on Saturday set a new first in German politics, electing two women as its leadership duo at a party convention in Leipzig. 30. The real suspense now is in the race for the next vice president, with many pushing for a woman to be elected. |