'We are living the issues': record number of women of color run for Congress
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Guardian UK) The US presidential election may be dominated by two older white men, but away from the battle for the White House a record number of women of color are running for Congress in 2020 as US politics continues to be dragged, slowly, towards being representative of the countrys population.
In November, 117 women of color are running for Congress as Democrats or Republicans. And a record 298 women in total are running for the House of Representatives on a major party ticket, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
The new high builds on 2018s midterm elections, when a historic number of women won seats in the House. Among that number are 61 Black women, 32 Latina women, and six Native American women record numbers for each group.
In the Senate, 20 women are running as Democrats or Republicans, a decrease from 2018, but overall, the US is seeing a rising trend. ..............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/women-of-color-congress-us-elections-2020