From the first gay man to win a governor’s race to the youngest woman elected to Congress, many candidates made history in the 2018 midterm election.
WASHINGTON – More women will serve in Congress than ever before, with at least 113 set to fill seats after Tuesday's election.
As of the wee hours Wednesday morning, women had surpassed the current record of 107 voting members, according to race calls from the Associated Press analyzed by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. The new total includes 28 first-time House members, four more than the record set for freshmen women during the 1992 "Year of the Woman" election.
The surge was driven largely by Democrats as the party took over House control. Democrats account for 80 of 92 women set to serve in the House so far, including 27 of the 28 newcomers, according to a USA TODAY analysis.
Women will represent two-thirds of the districts that Democrats flipped, building on momentum from the "Resist" movement that followed President Donald Trump's election in 2016.
Next year’s freshman class will include women of color who have broken barriers in their states, plus the youngest woman ever elected to Congress – Democratic activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, who turned 29 in October.
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