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Democrat Walter Fauntroy won the race and went on to serve in the Congress for nearly 20 years. A week after being sworn in, Fauntroy became one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus. A further effort to grant the District of Columbia full voting rights in Congress via a constitutional amendment came in 1978.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 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.
This is a list of members of the current Washington delegation in the U.S. House, along with their respective tenures in office, district boundaries, and district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 10 members, including 8 Democrats and 2 Republicans.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Washington. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Washington. The list of names should be complete ...
4.1.47 Washington. 4.1.48 West Virginia. 4 ... Members: 100 senators 435 representatives ... The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the legislative ...
The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on the basis of population as measured by the United States census, with each district having at least a single representative, provided that that state is entitled to them. [5]
The election coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton was first elected in 1991 and re-elected in 2022 with 86.5% of the vote. [ 1 ]
2022 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia [11] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) 174,238 : 86.54 : Republican: Nelson Rimensnyder 11,701 5.81 DC Statehood Green: Natale Stracuzzi 9,867 4.90 Libertarian: Bruce Major 4,003 1.99 Write-in: 1,521 0.76 Total valid votes 201,330 97 ...