"It matters to have women in those roles to normalize the image of women in political leadership and even more specifically in executive leadership, where they're the sole leader, not just a member of a team," said Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics.
"This is another side of political leadership where women continue to be underrepresented. Thirteen out of 50 is still underrepresentation," Dittmar said.
"Being a woman isn't really that critical to her political persona," Linda Fowler, professor emerita of government at Dartmouth College, said of Ayotte.
"With two women vying for governor in New Hampshire, a new record for female governors was inevitable," signaling the state's long history of electing women.
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