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Cindy Werner (born 1959), State Ambassador - Frederick Douglass Foundation-WI, former school board trustee, 2022 Lt. Governor candidate - WI; Allen West (born 1961), Texas Republican Party Chairman and former U.S. Representative from Florida; John Francis Wheaton (1866–1922), a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement. Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. [ 4 ]
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.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 Texas.
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Eleven Black women serve in statewide elected posts, 28 are in Congress and two are U.S. delegates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics. There is one Black woman in the Senate ...
New Lieutenant Governor appointed April 12, 2022: May 25, 2022: New Lieutenant Governor appointed Brian Benjamin (born 1976) Democratic: New York: September 9, 2021 April 12, 2022 Resigned Winsome Sears (born 1964) Republican. Virginia: January 15, 2022 present Antonio Delgado (born 1977) Democratic: New York: May 25, 2022 present Austin Davis ...
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation's first Black woman to win election as a governor. She would also make history as Virginia's ...
In 2021, as stated by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 27 Black women will serve in the 117th Congress, doubling the number of Black women to serve in 2011. [36] In 2014, Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to Congress for the Republican Party. [37]