With Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
and political activist, Barbara Lee

In June 2005, Swanee Hunt launched "Gifted Women," an initiative to bring Massachusetts women together to elect more women to high-level public office and raise women’s influence as both fundraisers and architects of the political landscape.

Women hold only 14% of the seats in the US Senate and 15% in the House. That makes us 59th in the world, even behind Rwanda (49%), Tunisia (22%), and Pakistan (21%). In our 50 states, only eight women serve as Governors. "Gifted Women" supports Democratic women candidates for United States senator and governor through a series of events to raise money for women by women.