(CNN) The glass ceiling for female politicians suddenly has a lot more cracks.

A record 11 women will be major party nominees in gubernatorial races this fall, according to the Center for American Women in Politics . And there are least 182 female major party nominees for US House seats -- the most of any election year.

These benchmarks were set after last night's primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington. Laura Kelly of Kansas and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan both won the Democratic bids for governor in their respective states, and 11 women across three states won primaries in House races.

Before this year, the House record was set in 2016 with 167 female candidates. The old record for women US gubernatorial nominees was first set in 1994 at 10 nominations, CAWP said.

Of course, we're still a long way from gender parity in American politics. Twenty percent of members of the current Congress are women -- the most ever -- but men still vastly outnumber women in elected offices, no matter what happens in November.

"We're also tracking, of course, whether we'll beat the most important record of all this year: the number of women serving," CAWP wrote in its statement.

So while this year's races might move the scale, they won't balance it.

Still, CAWP's director, Debbie Walsh, said the results send an important message.

"Tonight's results are a reminder that women have to be in it to win it," she said in a statement.

The next question: How many of these women -- in both major parties -- can actually win in November?

A record-setting election season

The number of women who ran for governor in 2018 is almost double the previous record set in 1994. And 60% more women filed for House races than ever have before in a single year.

"This has been an election season of records for women candidates," Walsh said.