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Stefanik with Congresswoman Mayra Flores, September 19, 2023. Stefanik has long advocated for empowering women in the Republican Party and has influenced the party's culture to prioritize electing more women. [50] After her election in 2014, Stefanik named Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg as a major influence on her decision to run for Congress. [200]
[50] [52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands. [52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection.
Name Image State Legislative Body Party Mandate start Mandate end Term length Minnie D. Craig North Dakota House of Representatives: Republican/NPL: January 3, 1933
The number of GOP women is decreasing in the House and Congress overall but staying the same in the Senate. ... Six of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s final 35 “Young Gun ...
Rep. Elise Stefanik, the highest-ranking GOP woman in the House, is leading a charge to break the record for Republican women serving in the chamber, just six years after a blue wave wiped out ...
Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 1999, she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at The Citadel military college in South Carolina.
Diana Lynn Harshbarger (/ ˈ h ɑːr ʃ b ɑːr ɡ ər / HARSH-bar-gər; [1] born January 1, 1960) [2] [3] is an American pharmacist, businesswoman, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2021.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For congressional Republicans, this month's elections ushered in the year of the woman — literally. GOP exploring reasons for gender disparity in new Congress Skip to main ...