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Inside the movement that swept Republican women into Congress
Of the 12 seats that Republicans wrested from Democratic control so far this year, nine were flipped by women. Only three Republican men can say the same.
To be clear, there will be more than three times as many Democratic women in Congress next year, including at least 89 in the House and 16 in the Senate. But with this year's gains by both parties, women's representation in Congress will reach an all-time high of 27 percent of all House members, up from 23 percent this year. While one-in-four isn't parity, it's as close as the House has ever gotten.
During this election cycle, a record 228 Republican women filed paperwork to run for office this year, shattering the previous record of 133 women in 2010. A record 94 of them made it out of the primaries to become the Republican nominees going into Election Day (again, nearly double the record set in 2004 by 53 women nominees).
While Conway is quick to give credit to the winning candidates, their successes reflect a concerted effort by Republicans to recruit, endorse, empower and invest in a more diverse slate of candidates. Groups like Conway’s VIEW PAC, Rep. Elise Stefanik’s E-PAC, and Winning for Women PAC leant some muscle to this year’s tough fights. They’re also creating a pipeline of talented Republican women to be competitive in the years to come.
“The Democrats have been so good for so long about really prioritizing women candidates and really developing a pipeline of candidates and raising funds, specifically for women candidates, and the Republicans haven't,” said Meghan Milloy, co-founder and executive director of Republican Women for Progress. “There are finally Republican groups that are focused solely on women candidates and creating this pipeline and creating a space for women to come in and step into leadership.”
The GOP ain't going anywhere any time soon.
The way they've all swooped into GA for the elections. The way they've made gains with Latinos. Now women are getting elected as Republicans too. Seems like more and more token Blacks are Republicans.
shyt is a long game.
We need ranked choice voting
Of the 12 seats that Republicans wrested from Democratic control so far this year, nine were flipped by women. Only three Republican men can say the same.
To be clear, there will be more than three times as many Democratic women in Congress next year, including at least 89 in the House and 16 in the Senate. But with this year's gains by both parties, women's representation in Congress will reach an all-time high of 27 percent of all House members, up from 23 percent this year. While one-in-four isn't parity, it's as close as the House has ever gotten.
During this election cycle, a record 228 Republican women filed paperwork to run for office this year, shattering the previous record of 133 women in 2010. A record 94 of them made it out of the primaries to become the Republican nominees going into Election Day (again, nearly double the record set in 2004 by 53 women nominees).
While Conway is quick to give credit to the winning candidates, their successes reflect a concerted effort by Republicans to recruit, endorse, empower and invest in a more diverse slate of candidates. Groups like Conway’s VIEW PAC, Rep. Elise Stefanik’s E-PAC, and Winning for Women PAC leant some muscle to this year’s tough fights. They’re also creating a pipeline of talented Republican women to be competitive in the years to come.
“The Democrats have been so good for so long about really prioritizing women candidates and really developing a pipeline of candidates and raising funds, specifically for women candidates, and the Republicans haven't,” said Meghan Milloy, co-founder and executive director of Republican Women for Progress. “There are finally Republican groups that are focused solely on women candidates and creating this pipeline and creating a space for women to come in and step into leadership.”
The GOP ain't going anywhere any time soon.
The way they've all swooped into GA for the elections. The way they've made gains with Latinos. Now women are getting elected as Republicans too. Seems like more and more token Blacks are Republicans.
shyt is a long game.
We need ranked choice voting