Women of Color in Elective Office 2018
Congress, Statewide, State Legislature, Mayors
For information on the history of women of color in elective office click here.
Of the 107 women serving in the 115th U.S. Congress, 38, or 35.5%, are women of color; in addition, a Black woman, a Latina, an Asian Pacific Islander, and a Caribbean American woman serve as Delegates to the House from Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, respectively. Women of color constitute 7.1% of the total 535 members of Congress.
U.S. Senate (4)
Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV)
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)
U.S. House (34)
Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC)
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL)
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. Mia Love (R-UT)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
Rep. Nannette Baragan (D-CA)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
U.S. House Delegates (4)
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Del. Jenniffer Gonzalez(R-PR)
Del. Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)
Of the 72 women serving in statewide elective executive offices, 8, or 11.1%, are women of color. They include one of the first two women of color to serve as governors, Susana Martinez. Women of color constitute 2.6% of the total 312 statewide elective executives.
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3
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Black (2D, 1R)
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4
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Latina (2D, 2R)
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1
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Asian Pacific Islander(1D)
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Jenean Hampton (R-KY), Lt. Governor Denise Nappier (D-CT), State Treasurer Sheila Oliver (D-NJ), Lieutenant Governor |
Nellie Gorbea (D-RI), Secretary of State Susana Martinez (R-NM), Governor Susanna Mendoza (D-IL, Comptroller Evelyn Sanguinetti (R-IL), Lt. Governor |
Betty Yee (D-CA), State Controller |
Women of color are 24.2% of the 1,878 women state legislators serving nationwide. They constitute 6.1% of the total 7,383 state legislators. Crisanta Duran (D-CO) is currently the only woman of color serving as a Senate president or House speaker. She is also the first Latina to serve as a House Speaker, assuming that office in 2017.
1 Progressive; 1 WFP (Working Families Party)
| Black | Asian Pacific Islander | Latina | Native American | Totals | ||||||||||||||||||
| D | R | WFP | Tot. | D | R | Tot. | D | R | Prg | Tot. | D | R | Tot. | D | R | Prg | WFP | Tot. | ||||
| Totals | 272 | 3 | 1 | 276 | 36 | 7 | 43 | 103 | 11 | 1 | 115 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 427 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 454 | |||
| Senate | 69 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 110 | |||||||||||||||||
| House/Assem. | 207 | 33 | 87 | 17 | 344 | |||||||||||||||||
| States |
43
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All except AK, HI, MT, NE, ND, SD, WY |
17
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AZ, CA, GA, HI, ID, IL, MA, MD, MI, NH, NY, OK, PA, TX, UT VA, WA |
27
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AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV |
9
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AK, AZ, KS, MN, MT, NM, OK, OR, WY |
Women of color serving in all states except: ND, NE, SD |
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In the nation's 100 largest cities, nine women of color currently serve as mayors:
| Black | Latina |
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| Muriel Bowser (D), Washington, DC, 2015-present | Mary Casillas Salas (D*), Chula Vista, CA, 2015-present |
| Catherine Pugh (D), Baltimore, MD, 2016-present | |
| Sharon Weston Broome (D), Baton Rouge, LA, 2017-present | Asian Pacific Islander |
| Vi Alexander Lyles (D), Charlotte, NC, 2017-present | Lily Mei (D*), Fremont, CA, 2016-present |
| Keisha Lance Bottoms (D*), Atlanta, GA, 2018-present | Karen K. Goh (R*), Bakersfield, CA, 2017-present |
| LaToya Cantrell (D), New Orlenas, LA, 2018-present |
*Elected in nonpartisan races.