More women than ever will contest November’s mid-term elections with record numbers winning party nominations for America’s highest offices.
After primary races in four states on Tuesday, there are around 182 female nominees for the House of Representatives and 11 women named as candidates for state governors.
The results in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington mean female candidates have now broken records for gubernatorial and House nominations.
Victories for Democrats Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan and Laura Kelly in Kansas mean 11 states will have women on the ballot in governorship races – one more than the previous 1994 record.
Ms Whitmer, who beat Abdul El-Sayed – a physician hoping to become America’s first Muslim governor – is leading an all-women ticket for the Democrats at state level in Michigan.
Governors are the state’s highest executives and have control over huge spending budgets.
At least 182 female major party nominees will run for the House of Representatives, Congress’ lower chamber, beating the record of 167 from 2016.
A record number of women have also run for the Senate this year, with 42 women – 24 Democrats and 18 Republicans – registering to be candidates as of June 1, according to figures from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP).
Debbie Walsh, director of CAWP, said: "This has been an election season of records for women candidates, and [Tuesday night] continues that story."
One candidate – Rashida Tlaib – is certain to become the first Muslim woman in Congress. Ms Tlaib won the Democratic nomination and will not be opposed by the Republicans in November’s election.
She will also be the first Palestinian-American congresswoman.
Sharice Davids won a tightly fought Democratic primary in Kansas to becoming the state’s first Native American and gay nominee for Congress.
There will be two all-female races in Washington state. Democrat Lisa Brown faces Cathy McMorris Rodgers for a seat in the House, while Republican Susan Hutchison will take on incumbent Senator Maria Cantwell.
Earlier this year, Stacey Abrams made headlines as she became the Democratic candidate for Georgia’s governorship with 75 per cent of the vote in the Democratic primary.
If she wins on November 6, Ms Abrams will be the state’s first black female governor.
Ms Abrams has already made history as both the first black candidate and the first woman to be nominated by a major party in the southern state.
However the 44-year-old lawyer faces a tough battle – a Democrat has not been elected governor in the deeply conservative state since 2003.
Ms Abrams, who won in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, said: “We are writing the next chapter of Georgia’s history, where no one is unseen, no one is unheard and no one is uninspired”.
Three other southern states – Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas – also elected female nominees in their May Democratic primaries.