Zippyjuan
11-07-2018, 12:30 PM
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/07/665019211/a-record-number-of-women-will-serve-in-congress-with-potentially-more-to-come
Includes the first two Native American women and the first two Muslim women (Sharia Law! some may panic over). (and some races still not decided yet)
After Tuesday's elections, a record number of women will serve in Congress come January 2019.
With results still coming in, 95 women have won or are projected to win their House races as of early Wednesday morning, up from the current 84. In addition, at least 13 women won Senate seats. That's in addition to the 10 female senators who were not up for re-election this year.
That means at least 118 women will serve in the 116th Congress, up from the current 107. And it will bring the share of Congress members who are women up from the current 20 percent to at least 22 percent.
And the women elected this year are overwhelmingly Democratic. Thus far, 83 of the 95 women elected to the House this year, as well as 10 of the 13 elected to the Senate, are Democrats. (One still-undecided Senate seat, in Arizona, will go to a woman no matter what, as both major-party candidates are women. That brings the total of women assured to be elected to the Senate this year to 14.)
In fact, the number of Republican women in Congress, at latest count, will decline in the next session.
Includes the first two Native American women and the first two Muslim women (Sharia Law! some may panic over). (and some races still not decided yet)
After Tuesday's elections, a record number of women will serve in Congress come January 2019.
With results still coming in, 95 women have won or are projected to win their House races as of early Wednesday morning, up from the current 84. In addition, at least 13 women won Senate seats. That's in addition to the 10 female senators who were not up for re-election this year.
That means at least 118 women will serve in the 116th Congress, up from the current 107. And it will bring the share of Congress members who are women up from the current 20 percent to at least 22 percent.
And the women elected this year are overwhelmingly Democratic. Thus far, 83 of the 95 women elected to the House this year, as well as 10 of the 13 elected to the Senate, are Democrats. (One still-undecided Senate seat, in Arizona, will go to a woman no matter what, as both major-party candidates are women. That brings the total of women assured to be elected to the Senate this year to 14.)
In fact, the number of Republican women in Congress, at latest count, will decline in the next session.