Of the 129 women in the House, 94 are Democrats, including 2 of the Delegates, and 35 are Republicans, including 1 Delegate as well as the Resident Commissioner. Of the 25 women in the Senate, 15 are Democrats, 9 are Republicans, and 1 is an Independent. NOTE: 30 years ago, in the...
It, alongside four overseas territories, has a non-voting delegate to Congress; Puerto Rico, by far the most populous territory, also has such a non-voting representative but its delegate is referred to as a Commissioner. Congress/Electoral College Congress is called “Congress” (rather than ...
The measure was reintroduced in the House after it died in the 116th Congress when the then-Republican-controlled Senate refused to hold a vote on the bill after it passed the house by Washington, D.C., Democratic Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a nonvoting delegate representing the district...
Despite her campaign’s surprising early momentum, there were signs of trouble. Harris failed to win a single delegate in the one primary she ran in, in 2020, then clinched the nomination without contest at the Democratic National Convention. In other words, national voters have never chosen he...