U.S. Midterms
Record Number Of Women Win House Seats
Currently, 84 women are in the House and by 06:00 EST, 95 female candidates were confirmed as being elected. This year saw a wave of women running for office, many of whom were first-time candidates. More than twice as many women ran for Congress this year than in 2016 with most of them Democrats. As the following infographic shows, the American political landscape is experiencing a female transformation. The number of women running for Congress really increased significantly in 1992, the so called Year of the Woman. 24 women won House seats that year, the largest number to ever enter the House in a single election up to that point.

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This chart shows the total number of women elected to the House of Representatives.