Women set records in male-dominated U.S. Congress

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WASHINGTON: The first female speaker of the House of Representatives will lead a chamber that will have more women members than ever before.

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The House will add at least three women and the Senate will add two, bringing the number of female members of Congress to at least 86 — 70 in the House, 16 in the Senate.

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"It's a real sea change of women taking political power and showing it in a most visible way, by electing Nancy Pelosi speaker," said Ellen Malcolm, president of EMILY's List, which supports female Democratic candidates. "We're going to have the highest number of Democratic women in Congress in history." (emphasis mine)

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Republican women did not fare so well. Several longtime House members lost to men, including Rep. Nancy Johnson, a 12-term incumbent from Connecticut. (emphasis mine; and I'd like to gloat a bit....:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: /gloat for the time being)

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more at this link

I just wanted to share some good news and gloat.

Thanks for reading.

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1. It is good to celebrate.

I saw this posted at http://melancholicfeminista.blogspot.com/

Monday, November 13, 2006
The Year of the Woman


Women in Leadership

2,433 women ran for seats as state lawmakers.

12 women ran for Senate seats.

2 new women were elected in the Senate: Claire McCaskill, in Missouri and Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota, bringing the total to 16.

Of the 12 Senate women running for seats, 8 were Democrats.

138 female candidates ran in the House.

10 new women were elected in the House.

57 women incumbents were re-elected in the House.

Of the 138 women who ran in the House, 97 were Democrats.