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A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to the first such year, the 1992 Senate elections. [31] [32] [33] Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress. [34]
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.
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 ...
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. ... Democratic women in ...
This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress. As of 2025, only five Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [1] Four Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All are members of the Democratic Party.
But even as a percentage of total candidates, the number of women running for the House this year is down from 2022, when a record number of them won election to the 118th Congress.
US House of Representatives: Delaware: US representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district: 2025-McBride is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the United States Congress. [8] [9] Previously, McBride served in the Delaware State Senate; in 2020, she was the first transgender person elected to any state's upper ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., right, and her family on the opening day of 119th Congress at the US Capitol on January ...