In the paper over the weekend, there was a column that wondered why there were only three women running out of 24 local candidates (the author did not include the judicial race).
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/OPINION05/608270305/1006/NEWS17
Here is an article that tries to answer the question of why women don't run. The short answer seems to be that they're not encouraged to run.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/womeninoffice.pdf#search=%22Why%20don't%20women%20run%20for%20office%22
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Interesting links. I'm going to send it off to another campaign (a race for a national office). So thanks for the reference.
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