G.O.P. Women in House Could Fall Below 20 as Group Warns of Crisis-Level Losses
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
G.O.P. Women in House Could Fall Below 20 as Group Warns of Crisis-Level Losses
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 4
Summary
Winning For Women Action Fund said Republican women in Congress face a “crisis-level” decline after Democrats’ sweep defeated a large number of G.O.P. female candidates.
Below 20 House Republican women could remain next year once races are called, down from 32 now — including two nonvoting delegates — or about 15% of the conference.
Danielle Barrow, the group’s president, said Republicans revived recruitment after their 2018 loss of 40 seats, helping women win 11 of the 15 seats the party flipped in 2020.
Barrow said that effort later faded and urged party leaders to make investment in female candidates permanent, as Democrats celebrated electing more than 100 women to the House for the first time.