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January 17, 2023: 1 year, 340 days Jan Jones Georgia: House of Representatives: Republican: November 16, 2022: January 9, 2023: 54 days Rachel Talbot Ross Maine: House of Representatives Democratic: December 7, 2022: December 4, 2024: 1 year, 363 days Julie McCluskie Colorado: House of Representatives Democratic: January 9, 2023: Incumbent 2 ...
[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.
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023. There were seven new senators (two Democrats, five Republicans) and 74 new representatives (34 Democrats, 40 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session.
After several election cycles of progress in expanding the number of women in Congress, and following a record-breaking cycle for female governors, the 2024 election saw this progress stall, as ...
Anna Paulina Luna (née Mayerhofer, later Gamberzky; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and Air Force veteran who serves in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party. She is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress from Florida.
Texas Rep Chip Roy went after his own party in a searing speech on the floor of the House, blasting the Republican Party for being unable to give him just one “thing I can go campaign on ...
After the Republican Party gained a majority in the House of Representatives in the 2022 elections, [6] she was named chair of the Committee in January 2023. [12] Granger is the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee. [6] Granger stepped down from the Appropriations Committee chairship in April 2024. [13] [14]
Lawmakers from around the US have travelled to the US Capitol to kick off a new Congress, marking a new era in Washington DC politics. The 119th Congress, with Republican majorities in both the US ...