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Report: Increasing Number of Republican Women Run for House in Midterms
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2 Jul 2021
In the current midterm election cycle, more Republican women have announced a prospective run for House seats across the country, according to reports.
Wall Street Journalreported that moves like this fuel the confidence in the party’s plans to send a large number of women to the House, building off their successes in the 2020 election cycle. Despite the current pace of Republican women stepping up to run in the House, Democrats have had more female Members of Congress for years.
In the last election, Republican women were among some of the most anticipated candidates to watch across the nation. Most notably, of the 14 Republican wins over the Democrats on election night, 11 of them were women. That grew the number of Republican women in the House to 31, the highest it’s ever been. The previous congress had only 13 Republican women.