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Women candidates picked up 14 new seats in Congress overall—the same as in 2010 but a far less impressive showing than in 2012, when they won 24 new seats, or in 1992’s “Year of the Woman ...

Women in Congress The recently elected House has a record 124 female members, who make up 29% of the entire body. Women hold 25 of the Senate's 100 seats, matching the record number set by the ...

With more female members of Congress in 2019, the nation will get a chance to find out. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. ... A popular assumption is that women, ...

Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress – on par with their share in the last Congress, but a considerable increase from where things stood even 10 years ago. That’s only one more ...

Last year, Democratic Rep. Summer Lee became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. With McClellan’s win, there will be a record number of Black women, 28, serving in the ...

Stefanik's role in 2020. Stefanik has become the face of efforts to boost Republican women in Congress. She was in charge of recruitment for House Republicans in 2018, an abysmal year for GOP women.

Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur is a top Republican target as she bids for a 23rd term next year and redistricting could give her a ...

The number of women who will serve in Congress and governorships mostly held steady, though a slight decline in women elected to the House was the unsurprising outcome of a lackluster showing by ...

If the future is female, it’s not going to get there on its own. We have to volunteer, donate, register young women voters, and support female candidates now.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Karen O'Connor, Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, about the large number of women in congress. The 107th congress will include 13 ...