I can understand the need for sexual parity, but voting for a candidate based solely on her sex alone is as much of a mistake as voting for Arnie because he's a big, famous, charismatic Hollywood movie star. It's just not a notable characteristic I'd want to base my decision on.
Here's a partial list of women running for govenor in California:
http://www.marycareyforgovernor.com/
http://www.georgyforgov.com/
http://www.ariannaforgov.com/
http://www.audiebock.com/
complete list of candidates:
http://www.capwiz.com/sacbee/dbq/cagovcand/
Some (men
and women) are more qualified than others, and the rest are just laughable.