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"Traditionally, it has been more difficult to pull Republican women into the process," Cutaro said. "The women don't see themselves represented in the party, don't have the institutional support that is available to Democratic women."

“Not nearly enough women see what’s possible for their leadership in elected office,” she tells CNBC Make It. “And too many women, when they do see what’s possible for themselves, disqualify themselves because they don’t feel they are qualified enough to do the job.”

She Should Run, a nonpartisan group, has been looking for women who are interested in leadership roles in their professional lives and encouraging them to translate those skills to politics. Its chief executive, Erin Loos Cutraro, said she and her colleagues were working hard to bring in more Republican women.

Erin Loos Cutraro, Chief Executive Officer at She Should Run, discusses working with companies in the business community to introduce the idea of women running for office. She says their goal is to get 250,000 women to run by 2030.

More women were elected to Congress in 2018 than ever before, but for Congress to reach gender parity, a million women would need to run for office according to research from She Should Run.

“She should run helps them see what is possible,” Cutraro told Fortune. “When women get clear on their why that helps everything else fall into place, connecting the current fire in the belly with leadership roles.”

With a vision to see 250,000 women running for office by 2030, She Should Run has enhanced its board with a diverse group of business experts committed to building on the momentum toward ending the gender gap in leadership.

Our goal to have more women seriously explore a run for public office will only be possible if we get serious about the goal itself, the road to run, and the role we all play to ensure we are bringing more and more women into the pipeline.

"Lupe Valdez and Ellen Troxclair both ran for political office in Texas, and now they’re encouraging young, aspiring female politicians through the nonpartisan group She Should Run."

"Most of the organizations helping female candidates specifically have been working behind the scenes for years in preparation for a moment like the one we’re now in — when women feel empowered to enter the race."

"We find that a lot of women have a barrier to running for office because they don't actually know what they're getting into, so we demystify that process through a variation of our programs."

Here are five things any woman thinking about running for office should know.