Women senators of the 113th Congress, 2013 (ABC News)

Do you pay attention to midterm elections? Well, you should this year! This year’s races should be really fascinating to watch because there are a record number of women registered to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.

Let’s take a look at some other numbers surrounding women running for public office:

526 women running for public office in 2018

• 395 women running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2018
• 50 women running for Senate seats in 2018
• 79 women up for governors’ seats

Here’s what not-so-distant past trends looked like:

• 20 women sworn in as senators in 2013 (the largest class of women Senators ever!)
• 298 women ran for public office in 2012 (Side note: this was the previous record.)
• 34 women ran for governors’ seats in 1994

Let’s hope this year brings a record-breaking number of women elected!!