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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]
Women are expected to be about 50% of Democratic state legislators, according to CAWP’s preliminary data, but only about 20% of Republican legislators. Three states will have majority-women ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Jo Ann Emerson entered the House of Representatives in 1997 as the first and, so far, only woman (re)elected as neither a Democrat nor a Republican from any state to either chamber of Congress. [18] She won two elections scheduled on November 5, 1996 : a special election to fill out the remainder of her husband's term in the 104th Congress ...
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
In 2020, every single Republican who flipped a Democratic House seat was either a woman, veteran or minority. Now, House Republicans are looking to replicate that same playbook in 2024 – when ...
In a rematch in the race for Florida House District 87, incumbent state Rep. Mike Caruso, a Republican, is leading Sienna Osta, a Democrat, 59.6% to 40.4%, with 143 of 154 precincts reporting.
5.2 Other statewide elected officials. 5.2.1 Current. ... Utah state representative from the 20th district (2009–2018) ... Chair of the Washington State Republican ...