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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.
The number of women in Congress is decreasing but not by much. Overall, 150 women will serve on Capitol Hill in the new Congress, down from the record of 152 set in 2024.
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]
A record number of female Republicans ran that year, a record broken again in 2022, when 261 GOP female candidates ran for the House, according to the Center for Women and Politics at the Rutgers ...
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.
Women in national legislatures (as of 1 September 2022) Country Lower House Upper House Last Election Seats Women % W Last Election Seats* Women % W Rwanda: 2018: 80 49 61.3 2019 26 9 34.6 Cuba: 2018: 586 313 53.4
The state's delegation includes the highest number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with 10 members. Less than a third of the 119th Congress are women. In the new Congress, six states have ...
Pink represents the Women in the United States Senate Pie chart showing female senators in the 119th Congress. Pink is female. There are 26 women currently serving in the United States Senate. This is the highest number of women to have served concurrently in U.S. Senate history. Sixteen are Democrats and ten are Republicans.