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2010 Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives election in Delaware's at-large congressional district [72] Nafisa Ali India: Femina Miss India 1976: 2009 Indian general election [2] Carmen María Montiel United States: Miss Venezuela 1984: 2022 U.S. House of Representatives election in Texas's 18th district [73] Lupita Jones Mexico
Republican: First woman as Governor of Nebraska. First woman elected to a governorship over another woman nominated by a major party. First Republican woman elected to a governorship. [c] Lost reelection 4 years, 0 days [16] Rose Mofford (1922–2016) Arizona: April 4, 1988: March 6, 1991: Democratic: First woman as Governor of Arizona.
The five new women were Democrats Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Republican Deb Fischer of Nebraska. Hirono was the first Asian-American woman and first Buddhist in the Senate, and Baldwin was the first openly gay person in the Senate.
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 and as the state's first female governor.
Republican women can vote for Kamala Harris — and they don’t need to tell anyone about it. That was the most striking takeaway from Liz Cheney’s blue wall swing-state tour with the vice ...
Ashley Brown, CEO of Women’s Resource Center, as she addresses a group of Republican women to talk about their support for Amendment 4 on Aug. 27, 2024, in Bradenton.
Of the 385 women who have served in the House, 253 have been Democrats (including four from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia) and 132 have been Republicans (including three from U.S. territories, including pre-statehood Hawaii). One woman was the 52nd Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
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 ...