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Additionally, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donna Shalala became, respectively, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the oldest woman to be elected to Congress for the first time. [36] [37] Also in 2018, Jacky Rosen became the first sitting female House one-termer to be elected to the Senate. [38]
The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of moderate members from the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The caucus was founded as a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to defeats in the 1994 elections .
As of January 2025, 64 women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress, of which 26 (16 Democrats and 10 Republicans) are currently serving (out of 100 possible seats). Nancy Kassebaum (born July 29, 1932) is the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age of 92.
There are currently 144 women serving in Congress, but many more have made political history through the years.
To get more women to run, women’s experiences need to be treated as an asset, said Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who bested Republican Joe Kent in 2022 and again in 2024 in a ...
In the House, the number of women serving is set to decrease (albeit slightly) for the first time since the 102nd Congress, which began in 1991. Democrats will set a new record for women's ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
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