{"pk":49117,"title":"You Have to Create the Right Pipeline: Why California Has Never Elected a Woman Governor","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>California has produced some of the most important women leaders in American politics in recent decades. Yet California remains one of 17 states where a woman has not served as governor. This isn’t for lack of trying. Since 1978, 16 women have appeared on primary ballots and three have been party nominees. Why have so many women run, and yet none have won? Political science research, our own data gathering, as well as journalistic accounts, provide a few possible insights.</p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Women"},{"word":"governor"},{"word":"Gubernatorial"},{"word":"Elections"}],"section":"Commentary","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/31n4c090","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Alana","middle_name":"","last_name":"Jeydel","name_suffix":"","institution":"Fresno City College","department":"Political Science"},{"first_name":"William","middle_name":"R","last_name":"Wilkerson","name_suffix":"","institution":"SUNY-Oneonta","department":"Political Science"}],"date_submitted":"2025-07-25T16:18:07.210000Z","date_accepted":"2025-12-11T16:08:33.964000Z","date_published":"2026-03-18T23:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"Publication File","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/49117/galley/49091/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/49117/galley/48667/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"other","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/49117/galley/48668/download/"},{"label":"Publication File","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/49117/galley/49091/download/"}]}