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Women make up only 23 percent of roles in state and local government—and we’re talking to them. Join Governing Magazine's Mattie Quinn for candid conversations with the women shaping policy...

For our season finale, we chatted to Lauren Matsumoto, a member of the Hawaii State House. Matsumoto was only 25 when she made her way to th...

On this episode, we brought back Debbie Walsh, executive director of the Center for American Women and Politics, to break down the midterms....

This episode kicks off a series we're working on in the aftermath of the midterm elections, examining different aspects of when women run an...

On this episode, we're chatting with Tishaura Jones, treasurer of St. Louis. It's a nerdy position with a lot of power—parking tickets is on...

For our first new episode after our summer hiatus, we're talking with Jackie Biskupski, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. She's the first openl...

Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced earlier this month that it had recruited Dr. Leana Wen, the outgoing Commissioner of Heal...

Emilia Sykes is a representative in the Ohio State House. She made waves recently when she started the hashtag #WeBelongHere for female wome...

Kim Driscoll is the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts. The city infamous for burning witches during colonial times is now a tourist hotspot, wit...

This marks our first ever #MeToo episode on the 23 Percent. Mattie chats with Faith Winter, a state representative in Colorado, about her ex...

This episode marks a three-episode partnership with VoteRunLead, a non-partisan organization that trains women to run for office and win. In...

Rosalynn Bliss is the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first female mayor of Michigan's second-largest city, Bliss was a social worker b...

In our season three opener, Mattie chats with Jackie Lacey, the district attorney for Los Angeles County. She's the first African-American w...

With The 23% on spring break, we wanted to give you a chance to preview of Governing's newest podcast, Go Public. This episode focuses on Ma...

On our supersized season finale, we're talking to Rep. Kristin Jacobs, who represents the district in Florida that includes Parkland. She di...

On this episode, Mattie talks with Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza about campaigning for office in her 20s, losing her first election by...

On this episode, Mattie talks with Merceria Ludgood, Mobile County Commissioner. She talks on the show today about growing up with a sense a...

On the first episode of 2018, Mattie talks with with Glynda Carr, an advocate and political strategist who co-founded Higher Heights for Ame...

Dr. Leana Wen, recognized in November 2017 as one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year (POY), says growing up in a low-income, heavil...

To round out 2017, we chat with Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. On this episode,...

On this Thanksgiving episode, we're talking diversity in local government across the board—not just gender. On the show today we have Libby...

Marian Orr is the mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming—the first female mayor in a state that's ranked last for gender equity in politics. She talks o...

Mattie talks with Chris Gregoire, former Governor of Washington State from 2005-2013. Today on the show, she talks about how frustrating it...

Kanika Tomalin is the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Her family has been in the city for five generations, and spans every socio-e...

For our season two premiere, Mattie talks to Attica Scott, a Kentucky State Representative. She's the first black woman to be elected to the...

On our season finale, Mattie talks with Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University. She offers co...

On this episode, Mattie's talking to Blair Milo, mayor of LaPorte, Ind. She was only 28 years old when elected in 2011, and despite her youn...

This week, Mattie talks with Rachel Levine, physician general for Pennsylvania. Responsible for the health and wellbeing of the state's resi...

Ginger Spencer is the public works director for Phoenix. If you think that sounds boring, it's not. She's overseeing all of the city's susta...

This week Mattie talks to Betty Yee, California State Controller. As the CFO for the sixth largest economy in the world, she talks about why...

On this episode, Mattie talks with Evelyn Sanguinetti, Lt. Gov of Illinois. While she never dreamed she would run for politics, an injury on...

This week, Mattie talks to Michelle Wu, president of the Boston City Council. She's the first woman of color to hold the post, and helped sp...

This week, Mattie talks to Toni Carter, commissioner of Ramsey County, Minnesota, home to St. Paul. While she's worked on almost every legis...

For our second episode, Mattie Quinn chats with Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner. An emergency room doctor with a passion for publ...

In the inaugural episode, Governing's Mattie Quinn talks with Gary Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson about the arts as a strategy for helpi...