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Today marks the start of the 117th Congress, in which a record number of a women will serve in the House & Senate. As of today, women are:
26.9% of Congress
27.1% of the U.S. House
26% of the U.S. Senate
(Also, >50% of the U.S. population.)
https://cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/press-release-women-in-the-117th-congress_0.pdf
26.9% of Congress 27.1% of the U.S. House 26% of the U.S. Senate(Also, >50% of the U.S. population.)
https://cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/press-release-women-in-the-117th-congress_0.pdf
144 (26.9%) women will serve in the 117th Congress as of today. This surpasses the previous record of 127 (23.7%), set in 2019. Among the women serving:
106 are Democrats, tying the record set in 2019
38 are Republicans, breaking the previous record of 30 set in 2006
106 are Democrats, tying the record set in 201938 are Republicans, breaking the previous record of 30 set in 2006
118 (27.1%) 
will serve in the U.S. House as of today, beating the previous record of 102 (23.4%).
*Includes @millermeeks, seated provisionally, but not @claudiatenney, whose contest remains uncertified.
* @RepMarciaFudge & @RepDebHaaland have been tapped by the Biden adm
will serve in the U.S. House as of today, beating the previous record of 102 (23.4%). *Includes @millermeeks, seated provisionally, but not @claudiatenney, whose contest remains uncertified.
* @RepMarciaFudge & @RepDebHaaland have been tapped by the Biden adm
26 (26%) women will serve in the U.S. Senate as of today, tying the record, which was set in 2020.
*Includes @SenatorLoeffler (R-GA) – whose runoff election is tomorrow – and @KamalaHarris – who will ascend to the vice presidency on January 20th.
*Includes @SenatorLoeffler (R-GA) – whose runoff election is tomorrow – and @KamalaHarris – who will ascend to the vice presidency on January 20th.
Once @KamalaHarris resigns, the number of women in the Senate will fall below record level.
There will also be *no Black women* in the U.S. Senate.
Only 2 Black women – Harris & Carol Moseley Braun – have ever served in the U.S. Senate.
There will also be *no Black women* in the U.S. Senate.
Only 2 Black women – Harris & Carol Moseley Braun – have ever served in the U.S. Senate.
52 (47D, 5R) women of color will serve in the 117th Congress as of today, surpassing the previous record of 48, set in 2019.
This includes the first 3 Korean-American women in Congress: @YoungKimCA, @MichelleSteelCA, & @StricklandforWA (who is Black & Korean-American).
This includes the first 3 Korean-American women in Congress: @YoungKimCA, @MichelleSteelCA, & @StricklandforWA (who is Black & Korean-American).
The freshman class of House legislators in the 117th Congress includes 27 women. Notably, GOP women are 18 of 27 new women House legislators (including @millermeeks, who is seated provisionally); in 2019, there was just 1 GOP woman in the 36-member freshman class of House women.
There will be 18 *new* Republican women in the House (including @millermeeks, who is seated provisionally today), surpassing their previous record of 9, set in 2010.
For context, just *13* Republican women - in total - served in House in 2020.
For context, just *13* Republican women - in total - served in House in 2020.
There will be 8 (4D, 4R) women of color in the freshman House class. The record for non-incumbent women of color in the House is 14, set in 2019.
