With the latest round of primaries comes the need to update the history books.
the House Chamber at the US Capitol on January 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. With elections in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, June 7th was a packed primary day. The outcomes brought the races one step closer to the general elections in November and presented one note for the history books: an update to the record for number of women in Congress.
Voters in California's 22nd Congressional District elected Republican Connie Conway in a special election to fill Rep. Devin Nunes' seat for the remainder of his term. Once Conway is sworn in, she will raise the total number of women in Congress to 146. She will also reset the records for the number of women in the House up to 122 and number of Republican women in Congress to 40.
Conway served in the California State Assembly representing District 26 from 2008 to 2014 and was minority leader from 2011 to 2014. She decided to make a run for Congress after Nunes in December of 2021 that he would end his 19-year stint in the House in order to run former President Donald Trump's social media company.from both Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. She was also favored to beat out Democrat Lourin Hubbard, a state water department operations manager, due to the current Republican lean of the district. Neither candidate chose to run for a full term in November, so Conway's win amounts to a six-month term.
"Every time we hit a new milestone for women's representation, it's important," says Dittmar."It indicates progress—which is good—but then it also reminds us how much progress is left to be made."
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