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Before the 2010 elections, it was Democrats who controlled both chambers in 27 states versus the Republican party having total control in only 14 states, with 8 states divided, and Nebraska being nonpartisan. [2] Since this election, Republicans have maintained a majority of state legislative chambers and seats, as well as governorships nationwide.
Women break records in state legislatures. Both Republicans and Democrats are breaking records for the number of female state legislators this year, according to CAWP, but the net gain after the ...
Republican: January 11, 1993: January 16, 1995: 2 years, 5 days Gail Phillips Alaska: House of Representatives Republican: January 16, 1995: January 19, 1999: 4 years, 3 days Jo Ann Davidson Ohio: House of Representatives: Republican: January 3, 1995: December 31, 2000: 5 years, 363 days Bev Clarno Oregon: House of Representatives Republican ...
The first women to serve in any state legislature were Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holly and Frances S. Klock, who were all elected in 1894 to the Colorado State House of Representatives. [4] All three were elected the year after women in Colorado obtained the right to vote through popular election in 1893. [5]
In January 2025, women were serving as governor in 13 U.S. states (14 between January 7 and January 21), as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and Puerto Rico. Of the current female state governors, nine are Democrats and five are Republicans. Madeleine Kunin is the oldest living former female governor at 91.
Leber has served in the South Carolina House since 2022 and voted for the state's bill, signed into law, that bans abortion after a "fetal heartbeat has been detected." Show comments Advertisement
A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to the first such year, the 1992 Senate elections. [31] [32] [33] Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress. [34]
Stefanik, R-N.Y., who chairs the GOP conference, has been focused on boosting the ranks of Republican women in the House ever since she sounded the alarm about the “crisis level” after the ...