By Katherine Schaeffer
On January 3, the 119th Congress, marked several stages for women. In the Senate, two black women serve the same time for the first time. At home, two states and a US territory first chose female deputies of the Spanish or Pacific Island.
In total, there are 61 color women in the 119th Congress. Together, 24 countries represent members as well as representatives of three areas and columbia. This is a total of five senators, the highest number of history – according to the analysis of the Pew Research Center of the US Senate and Home Notes.
This analysis is a number of central publications for a long time analyzing the demographic makeup of the US Congress.
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The number of colored women in the new congress is the same as in January 2023 as at the beginning of the 118th Congress. This has been the first congress to count for about 15 years no higher than before.
Again, the colored women earned some income in the 119th Congress:
- This is the first congress that serves two black women senators at once. Freshman Demograts Angela Alsobrooks, Delaware’s Lisa’s Blunt Rochester is the first black senators of any sex to represent the countries in the rooms.
- Freshman Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat, so The first black member of Oregon’s Congress.
- Democratic Freshman Rep. Nellie pou The first Spanish woman representing the new form in Congress.
- Republic Kimberlyn King-Hinds, He is the first female representative of the Northern Mariana Islands as the Pacific Island.
The vast majority of women in Congress (61 to 56) are representatives or non-incomprehensible delegates at home. In the Senate, five women’s colors, two are black and two Asian Americans and one are Spain.
The seven of these 61 women are democrats. Among the Republicans, four Spanish and two are the Pacific Island and one of the Pacific.
Colored women served in the congress for six decades. This was the first to be elected in 1964 in 1964, the first black woman elected in 1968, in 1968, SHIRELE ROS-Lehtinen was the first Spanish woman after winning a special election in 1989.
In total, 117 female women serving in Capitol Hill, 448 women (26%), organize congressional departments so far, Including voting and unsatisfactory members. These numbers reflect women sitting on the first day of the 119th Congress.
The majority of these 117 women (62%) took office for the first year. This includes the majority of Spain (76%), Asian or Pacific Island (67%), and the majority of the congress, as well as the majority of four local American or Alaska. (Unlike our analysis, members of Asia and Pacific Island are combined here because the historical database of the house has not broken them separately.)
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- 64 Black women In order to serve the congress, in 60 serves at home from the Voting Member (57) or DC (1) or the United States) as members of the Virgin Islands (2). Five black women in the Senate, Democratic Rochester, Democratic Senator’s Camocrats, Camera Moseley Brown, in 2016, in another California Senate, in another California Senate, Senate Laphonza Usak was temporarily appointed. Only a black woman – acute Rochester – was selected from both rooms of the Congress.
- Only 33 Spanish woman Have served in Congress. All but only one – Democratic Nevada Senate Catherine Cortez Masto – served at home.
- Hawaiian voters only 18 choice of mink in 1964 Asian or Pacific Island women Have served in Congress. He served in seventeen houses, three served three in the Senate. Illinois of Hawaii and Tammy Duckworth’s Mazie Hirono was elected to both wards. (Harris and Strickland, two multiracial deputies in this analysis are both black and asia; they are considered here in both categories.)
- In addition to Davids, the other two Local American women Both serve at the house representing New Mexico: Republic Yvette Herrell and Democratic Deb Haaland. The Secretary of the United States under the former US President Joe Biden, also, the Secretary of the United States, which has the first local wardrobe in the country’s history.
- The old alaska rap. Mary, a Democratic, the first Mary Peltola Alaska Native To serve in Congress. He is the only one to date.
So far, most of the colorful women selected to Congress (86%) were Democrats. The only black Republican woman was served at Capitol Hill, was the love of Utah, who held an office at 114th (2015-17) and 115 (2017-19) Congress.
State-class trends
In total, 30 countries were previously represented by a woman in Congress at least one color. Four US territories and women’s representatives of the District of Columbia sent women to the House of Representatives.
Since the beginning of the 118th Congress in 2023, this Tall has increased a bit. Virginia, Jennifer McClels, the first black congressor of the state in February 2023. King-Indians Northern Mariana Islands were elected the first female representative of any origin in November 2024.
Twenty-four states, at least one black woman was elected Alaska, a Alaska is the only state that chooses the native woman to congress.
American Samoa, DC, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands, both, Spanish or Pacific Island, or sent home to a non-body representative or resident commissioner.
States who sent most of the most colored women to Congress (24), Florida (10) and Texas (9).
