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Recently, CAWP released new research from CAWP Research Grant recipient Dr. Anna Sampaio of Santa Clara University. In Mujeres y Movidas: Latina Congressional Candidate Emergence and Experiences in California and Texas, Sampaio explores, through empirical data and interviews with candidates and political professionals, the experiences of Latina congressional candidates in the 2018, 2020, and 2022 elections. She also provides prescriptions founded in this research to enhance Latinas’ political participation and increase the number of Latinas running for office. Alongside increases in Latina candidacies within both political parties, the report finds, there has also been an increase in Latinas running against other Latinas. These intra-racial challenges most commonly occurred in districts where Latina Republicans were advanced as challengers against recently elected Latina Democrats, suggesting a problematic weaponizing of intersectionality.
Sampaio also participated last week in a virtual conversation and Q&A about her research, moderated by CAWP Director Debbie Walsh, in which she discussed specific strategies for increasing Latinas’ political representation. View the full event on the CAWP YouTube page.
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