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Women in Congress breaks record: 91 of 538, increase from 16% to 17%


From the Women’s Campaign Forum:

We congratulate the pro-choice Obama-Biden team on their victory, and are thrilled to report to you that the 111th Congress will have 91 women serving in the Senate and the House. This will increase women’s representation in Congress from 16% to record-breaking 17%.

We are particularly proud to share with you the victories of some of Women’s Campaign Forum’s endorsed candidates who ran as challengers or in open seat federal races:

Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1)
Betsy Markey (CO-4)
Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
Debbie Halvorson (IL-11)
Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
Kay Hagan (NC Senate)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH Senate)
Dina Titus (NV-3)

On the state and local level, we are also delighted to congratulate:

Kay Hatcher (State House IL-50)
Rosemary Mulligan (State Assembly IL-65)
Vicki Lorenz Englund (State House MO-85)
Jill Schupp (State House MO-82)
Janet Cowell (State Tresurer NC)
Bev Perdue (Governor NC)
Debbie Phillips (State House OH-92)
Connie Pillich (State House OH-28)

You can read more about the WCF here.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:05 pm November 5th, 2008 in Congress, Elections, Voting, Women 

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5 Responses to “Women in Congress breaks record: 91 of 538, increase from 16% to 17%”

  1. 1 Carole Cohen on November 5th, 2008 12:14 pm

    The birds are singing, the weather is wonderful and I guess a percentage point increase is better than it going the other way!

    I’m pretty sure the Commisioners race would have been at least tighter for Ms. Sutherland if she had chosen to run against Tim Hagan instead of Peter Lawson Jones. She might have even won, who knows.

  2. 2 Women in Congress breaks record: 91 of 538, increase from 16% to 17% | Pelican Project Pro-Life on November 5th, 2008 3:29 pm

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  3. 3 LisaRenee on November 5th, 2008 6:05 pm

    Wow. One percent, at that rate perhaps in my granddaughter’s lifetime it will be what it should be, actually reflective of the make up of America. Which includes women of all cultures, political ideologies and backgrounds…

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on November 5th, 2008 6:38 pm

    Lisa Renee, Ohio’s legislature is even worse in terms of steps forward and backwards.

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