Women are underrepresented in elected office throughout the U.S. and Indiana lags behind other states in several respects. The state ranks 34th in the country for the percentage of women serving in the Legislature. It has only one female mayor of a mid-sized city or larger, and is one of eight states who have had neither a female governor nor a female U.S. senator. Indiana currently has two female U.S. representatives, the first time in state history.
