The 2018 primary season has seen a drastic decline of white men running for office in congressional and state races, as more women and minorities have joined the fray, according to report released Thursday.

There has been a 13 percent drop in white, male Congressional candidates since 2012, and a 12 percent drop in legislative races, the report from the Reflective Democracy Campaign found.

“This is clearly a story largely about women running and winning primaries at a much greater rate than ever before,” said Brenda Choresi Carter, director of the Reflective Democracy Campaign. “But this is not only a story of increased numbers of women running and winning. Another way of flipping it is a historic decrease in white men.”

During the same period, the number of women of color running for Congress increased by 75 percent, the number of white women increased by 36 percent, and the number of women running overall increased by 42 percent in Senate and 39 percent in House races.

The report found an increase of female candidates across the political spectrum in congressional races. Female Democratic candidates increased by 46 percent and female Republican candidates increased by 22 percent.