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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 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 ...

It's a remarkable feat for these veteran lawmakers who arrived on Capitol Hill during the 1990s, at a time when there were few women serving in Congress, and even fewer calling the shots on how ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

K atherine Clark is already one of the most powerful women in Congress, but her influence will be magnified if the Democrats regain control of the US House of Representatives on November 5.. It ...

Long before the 117th Congress, Susan G. Komen walks and the iconic pink ribbon branding, women in Congress said they felt the stigma as they sought to spread awareness and bring the conversation ...