Mississippi Has Worst Record For Electing Women To Political Office

JJACKSON, MS - NOVEMBER 9: (L-R) Vicki Slater, a Democratic activist, Will Godfrey and Bobby Moak watch returns come in on websites at a Democratic Watch Party on election day in Jackson, MS on November 8, 2016. Slater has been recruiting women to run for office and has been a losing gubernatorial candidate herself in a state that has the worst record for electing women. Mississippi is the only state never to have elected a woman for governor and never put a a woman in the House or Senate either. She is hopeful tonight to see Hillary Clinton make history as being the first female elected President in the U.S. (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)