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More women will participate in the United States Congress next year. Stock Photography.
At least 130 women will be members of the United States Congress next year, reports CAWP (Center for American Women and Politics) at Rutgers University. It’s a new record, but there is still a long way to go towards equality: around three-quarters of the members are still men.
The old record was set after the last congressional elections in 2018; 127 women among the 435 people in the House of Representatives and 100 senators.
Famous profiles among them are “The Squad,” a group of left-wing Democrats among the House of Representatives consisting of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.
The American media also draws attention to the fact that New Mexico is the first state to elect non-white women to the House of Representatives, Deb Haaland, Yvette Herrell and Teresa Leger Fernandez.
Gender equality has come a long way among Democrats, who currently hope to have 100 women in Congress, while Republicans are content with 31.
About 25 of the female members of Congress sit in the Senate. The record in that House is 26, but it is unclear if that number will be reached next year. If Joe Biden becomes president, his vice president, Kamala Harris, must be replaced in the Senate. And one of Georgia’s Senate seats will only be decided in a decisive election round in January.
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