Record number of women elected to the House

Authored by cnn.com and submitted by Autodidact2

(CNN) A record number of women are projected to win seats in the House in a massive night for female candidates across the political spectrum.

As of early Wednesday morning, CNN projected 98 women would win House races, with 33 women newly elected to the House and 65 female incumbents. That bests the previous record of 85 representatives, according to the Congressional Research Service. There are still two outstanding races that have two women competing against each other, which means that at least 100 women will be serving in the House next year.

On the Senate side, CNN projected by early Wednesday that 12 women would win Senate seats, with two newly elected women joining nine female incumbents.

CNN projected at the same time that eight women -- four incumbents and four non-incumbents -- would win gubernatorial races.

The numbers in each category tilted largely to Democrats, with 84 of the projected female House winners coming from the Democratic Party and 14 from the Republican side.

furikakebabe on November 7th, 2018 at 20:09 UTC »

I just read this relevant part in Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear’:

“The #TimesUp and #MeToo movements of women and feminists would create an alternative to end the male-dominated patriarchy, Bannon believed.

‘Trump is the perfect foil,’ he summarized. ‘He’s the bad father, the terrible first husband, the boyfriend that fucked you over and wasted all those years and you gave up your youth for, and then dumped you. And the terrible boss that grabbed you by the pussy all the time and demeaned you.”

I hope Bannon’s fears are realized.

sadgrad2 on November 7th, 2018 at 19:17 UTC »

Meanwhile the smart, passionate, and kind woman running in my district lost to a man who is the author of the forthcoming book "The mating habits of Bigfoot and why women want him."

HotNeon on November 7th, 2018 at 18:29 UTC »

Wouldn't it be amazing it Donald Trump's legacy was gender parity in the highest elected offices