Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
State State executive Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Alabama: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 105 R 76–29: 4: Senate: 35: R 27–8: 4 Alaska: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 40 MC 23–16, 1 NCR [nb 1] 2: Senate: 20 ...
State Since Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025
Altogether in 2017, women constitute 24.8% of all state legislators in the United States, [11] a ratio that has increased by less than 4 percentage points since 1994. Only four chambers have reached a near or absolute majority of women: New Hampshire Senate (2009-2010, 13/24 women [12]) Nevada Assembly (2019, 23/42 women)
Female candidates, particularly women of color, have long had more trouble raising funds for campaigns, Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., currently the only Black woman in the Senate, told USA TODAY.
The Senate, or upper chamber, has 100 seats — two per state. Of these, 34 are up for election in 2024. Each senator serves a six-year term for their respective state.
Democratic Delaware Senate candidate state Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Carol Moseley Braun was the first woman of color to serve in the Senate and the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator after she won the 1992 Democratic primary election over Alan J. Dixon. Later in 1992, Feinstein was the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator from a different party when she defeated John Seymour in a special election ...
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina ...