Locate state-based and national resources for women interested in elected or appointed office or work on political campaigns. Find leadership development and campaign training programs, political action committees, and organizations and programs committed to supporting and encouraging women in politics.
Need more ideas on how to get involved? Check out the Women's Definitive Guide to Getting Political by CAWP associate director Jean Sinzdak.
If you know of other organizations to add to our list or have updates to our information, please contact Cai Barias.
Program | State(s) | Party |
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Ready to Run® Montana
Public Policy Institute of the Rockies Ready to Run® Montana provides the tools for effective fundraising, positioning oneself for elected office, navigating the political party structure, media training, basic campaign organizing, mobilizing voters, and crafting an effective campaign message. |
Montana | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Alabama
Women and Gender Resource Center, University of Alabama Ready to Run® Alabama provides non-partisan political training to encourage women to run for government leadership positions. The day-long program targets women considering or recently deciding to run for political office, providing training and mentoring by campaign professionals, political women, and officeholders. Ready to Run® Alabama is part of the Ready to Run® National Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Alabama | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Hawaii
Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Hawaii's Ready to Run® Campaign Training, sponsored by the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and part of the Ready to Run® National Network, offers a unique opportunity for potential women candidates and campaign managers to hear directly from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, and party officials about how to get ready to run for office. This one day bi-partisan campaign workshop is designed for women who want to run for elected office or work on a campaign. |
Hawaii | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Indiana
Women 4 Change Leadership Series Ready to Run® Indiana is a non-partisan campaign training program presented by the Women 4 Change Leadership series. This program encourages women to run for elective office, position themselves for appointive office, work on a campaign or become involved in public life as leaders in their respective communities. Ready to Run® Indiana is part of a national network founded by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. |
Indiana | |
Ready to Run® Iowa
Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Ready to Run® Iowa is a bi-partisan, comprehensive, one-day workshop offered every other year by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Ames and Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). As part of the Ready to Run® National Network, Ready to Run® Iowa offers women an opportunity to hear directly from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, and party officials about how to get ready to run for office or work on a political campaign. |
Iowa | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Kansas
United Women's Empowerment and the University of Kansas Institute for Leadership Studies |
Kansas | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Louisiana
Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation and Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University Ready to Run® Louisiana is a nonpartisan effort to train and engage women to consider running for elected office or seeking appointed office or being more engaged in civic involvement in their communities of interest. Ready to Run® Louisiana is part of the Ready to Run® Training Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Louisiana | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Minnesota
College of Arts and Sciences, University of St. Thomas The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas is now a national network partner of Ready to Run®, a non-partisan campaign training program created by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. |
Minnesota | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Mississippi
John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University |
Mississippi | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® National Training Network
Center for American Women and Politics Ready to Run® is a bi-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Policy experts, party officials, campaign consultants, and prominent elected and appointed leaders provide insight to participants in programs held throughout the country. The Ready to Run® flagship program in New Jersey offers three pre-conference programs for women of color: Run Sister Run, Eleccion Latina, and Rising Stars. |
National | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® New Jersey
Center for American Women and Politics Ready to Run® New Jersey is a bi-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Policy experts, party officials, campaign consultants, and prominent elected and appointed leaders provide insight to participants in the annual one-day program organized by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). In addition to the primary program, Ready to Run® New Jersey offers three pre-conference programs for women of color: Run Sister Run, Eleccion Latina, and Rising Stars. |
New Jersey | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® New Mexico/Texas Borderlands
The Women's Intercultural Center Ready to Run® New Mexico/Texas Borderlands provides non-partisan political training to encourage women to run for government positions. The day-long program targets women considering or recently deciding to run for political office, providing training and mentoring by campaign professionals, political women, and officeholders. Ready to Run® New Mexico/Texas Borderlands is part of the Ready to Run® National Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Texas, New Mexico | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® North Carolina
NC Institute of Political Leadership The nonpartisan North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership is committed to improving the practice of democracy through its premier nonpartisan leadership training programs for public servants, both elected and appointed. |
North Carolina | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Northeastern Pennsylvania
University of Scranton Ready to Run® Northeastern Pennsylvania is a non-partisan program for women who want to run for office, seek higher office, work on a campaign, get appointed to office, or learn more about the political system. Ready to Run® Northeastern Pennsylvania is part of the Ready to Run® National Training Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Pennsylvania | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Ohio
John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University Ready to Run® Ohio is a nonpartisan effort to train and engage women to consider running for elected office or seeking appointed office or being more engaged in civic involvement in their communities of interest. Ready to Run® Ohio is part of the Ready to Run® Training Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Ohio | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University Ready to Run® Pennsylvania provides bi-partisan political training to encourage women to run for government leadership positions. The day-long program targets women considering or recently deciding to run for political office, providing training and mentoring by campaign professionals, political women, and officeholders. Ready to Run® Pennsylvania is part of the Ready to Run® National Training Network of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University (NJ). |
Pennsylvania | Nonpartisan |
Ready to Run® Texas
Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, Texas Woman's University |
Texas | Nonpartisan |
Real Women Run
YWCA Utah Real Women Run is a collaborative nonpartisan initiative to empower women to participate fully in public life and civic leadership through elected political office at all levels, appointments to boards and commissions, participation in campaigns, and engagement in the political system. |
Utah | Nonpartisan |
Red Wine & Blue PAC
Red Wine & Blue is a sisterhood working to change the world together, one suburb at a time. Red Wine & Blue provides everything women need to successfully organize in their communities and beyond. |
National | Dem |
Register Her
Register Her promotes and creates women-centered and women-led voter registration efforts nationwide. |
Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas | Nonpartisan |