source: CAWP
U.S. Congress
Women in the 119th Congress: 150 (110D, 40R) women will serve in the 119th Congress in 2025 (current record: 151, set in 2023). They will be 28% of all members of Congress.
Currently, 151 (107D, 43R, 1Ind) women serve in the U.S. Congress, holding 28.2% of all seats.
Women in the U.S. Senate
Twenty-five (16D, 9R) women will serve in the U.S. Senate in 2025 (current record: 26, first set in 2020). They will be 25% of all members of the Senate. Currently, 25 (15D, 9R, 1Ind) serve in the U.S. Senate, holding 25% of all seats.
Women in the U.S. House
125 (94D, 31R) women will serve in the U.S. House in 2025 (current record: 126, set in 2023). They will be 28.7% of all members of the U.S. House.
Currently, 126 (92D, 34R) women serve in the U.S. House, holding 29% of all seats.
Statewide Elective Executive Offices
Women Governors:
Thirteen women (8D, 5R) will serve as governors in 2025, marking a new record (previous record: 12, first set in 2023). They will be 26% of all governors in the U.S.
Currently, 12 (8D, 4R) women serve as governor, holding 24% of all seats. All gubernatorial contests have been called.
Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office (including governor):
Ninety-Eight (52D, 44R, 2NP) women will serve in statewide elective executive office (including governor) in 2025 (current record: 99, set in 2023). They will be 31.6% of all statewide elective executive officials.
Currently, 99 (54D, 43R, 2NP) women serve in statewide elective executive offices, holding 31.9% of these positions.
Milestones
US Senate
- Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) will be the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate from Maryland.
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) will be the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate from Delaware. She is also the first Black woman to represent the state in the Senate.
- With the success of Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, the U.S. Senate will for the first time have two Black women senators serving simultaneously.
US House
- Yassamin Ansari (D, AZ-03) will be the first Middle Eastern/North African woman to represent Arizona in the U.S. Congress.
- Julie Fedorchak (R, ND-AL) will be the first woman to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House. With Fedorchak’s success, just one state still has never sent a woman to the U.S. House: Mississippi.
- Sarah McBride (D, DE-AL) will be the first openly transgender person to serve in the U.S. Congress. She will hold Delaware’s at-large U.S. House seat.
- Nellie Pou (D, NJ-09) will be the first Latina to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Congress.
- Janelle Bynum (D, OR-05) will be the first black woman to represent Oregon in the U.S. Congress.
Governors
- Thirteen women (8D, 5R) will serve as governors in 2025, marking a new record (previous record: 12, first set in 2023).
State Executives
- Tina Cannon (R-UT) will become the first woman to serve as auditor of Utah.
- Elizabeth Steiner (D-OR) will become the first woman to serve as treasurer of Oregon.
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