Women of Color in Elective Office 2019
Congress, Statewide, State Legislature, Mayors
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Of the 127 women serving in the 116th U.S. Congress, 47, or 37.0%, 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 8.8% 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 (43)
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. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
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. Lucy McBath (D-GA)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-IL)
Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Rep. Nannette Baragan (D-CA)
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Rep. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS)
Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM)
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 86 women serving in statewide elective executive offices, 14, or 16.3%, are women of color. Women of color constitute 4.5% of the total 312 statewide elective executives.
* Non-partisan
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Black (3D, 1R)
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5
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Latina (4D, 1R)
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Asian Pacific Islander(3D)
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Jenean Hampton (R-KY), Lt. Governor Tish James (D-NY), Attorney General Sheila Oliver (D-NJ), Lt. Governor Julianna Stratton (D-IL), Lt. Governor |
Stephanie Garcia Richard (D-NM), Land Commissoner Nellie Gorbea (D-RI), Secretary of State Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Governor Susanna Mendoza (D-IL, Comptroller Jeanette Nunez (D-FL), Lt. Governor |
Fiona Ma (D-CA), Treasurer Betty Yee (D-CA), State Controller Kimberly Yee (R-AZ), Treasurer |
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Native American/Native Alaskan (1NP)
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Multiracial (1D)
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Peggy Flanagan (D-MN), Lt. Governor | Kathleen McGuiness (D-DE), Auditor |
Information as of 12/31/18; 2018 numbers will be posted when available.
Women of color are 24.3% of the 1,875 women state legislators serving nationwide. They constitute 6.2% 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.
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Black | Asian Pacific Islander | Latina | Native American | Totals | ||||||||||||||||
D | R | Tot. | D | R | Tot. | D | R | Prg | Tot. | D | R | Tot. | D | R | Prg | Tot. | ||||
Totals | 272 | 3 | 275 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 105 | 11 | 1 | 117 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 429 | 26 | 1 | 456 | |||
Senate | 69 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 112 | |||||||||||||||
House/Assem. | 206 | 33 | 88 | 17 | 344 | |||||||||||||||
States |
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All except AK, HI, MT, NE, SD ND, VT, WY |
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AZ, CA, |
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 |
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AK, AZ, KS, MN, MT, NM, OK, OR, WY |
Women of color serving in all states except: ND, NE, SD |
In the nation's 100 largest cities, ten 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 | |
London Breed (D*), San Francisco, CA, 2018-present |
*Elected in nonpartisan races.