Women in the 119th Congress

Tomorrow, the 119th Congress will be convened and its members sworn in. For the first time since 2011, the number of women serving in Congress will decline as a result of November congressional elections, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. In 2025, 150 women will serve in Congress, fewer than the 151 who were serving as of Election Day 2024.

Find full information, including comparisons to records and previous election cycles, data visualizations, and lists of new women in Congress, at CAWP’s post-election analysis, Results for Women Congressional and Statewide Executive Candidates in Election 2024. Our Women in the U.S. Congress 2025 page will go live tomorrow.

“Election 2024 was essentially a stasis year for women’s representation, but after years of remarkable success, stasis can feel like a setback,” said CAWP Director Debbie Walsh. “However, there’s more to this story. Equal representation is a non-partisan issue, but it has become a partisan problem. Women are nearing or exceeding parity within the Democratic Party in Congress and in states around the country. That is not the case for Republican women. To achieve gender parity in elected offices at every level, both parties must do the necessary, intentional work to recruit, support, and elect women.”

Here is a by-the-numbers look at women in the 119th Congress. An asterisk (*) indicates a new record high. In all other cases, numbers are flat, have fallen, and/or match a previous record; visit our analysis to find out more. These numbers include Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations but has not yet resigned her seat in Congress.

• 150 women will serve in the 119th Congress. [Link to chart]
  • 110* Democrats
  • 40 Republicans
• 125 women will serve in the U.S. House.
  • 94* Democrats (43.7% of House Democrats)
  • 31 Republicans (14.1% of House Republicans)
  • There will be 18 new women members of the House.
• 25 women will serve in the U.S. Senate.
  • 16 Democrats (35.6% of Senate Democrats)
  • 9 Republicans (17% of Senate Republicans)
  • There will be 3 new women senators.

Race and Ethnicity [Link to chart]

• Asian American/Pacific Islander Women:
  • 9 (8D, 1R) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • 2 (2D) will serve in the Senate.
  • 7 (6D, 1R) will serve in the House.
• Black Women:
  • 29 (29D) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • 2* (2D) will serve in the Senate.
  • 27 (27D) will serve in the House.
• Latinas:
  • 19 (15D, 4R) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • 1 (1D) will serve in the Senate.
  • 18 (14D, 4R) will serve in the House.
• Middle Eastern/North African Women:
  • 2 (2D) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • No MENA women will serve or have ever served in the Senate.
  • 2 (2D) will serve in the House.
• Native American/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Women:
  • 1 (1D) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • No Native women will serve or have ever served in the Senate.
  • 1 (1D) will serve in the House.
• White Women:
  • 93 (56D, 37R) will serve in the 119th Congress.
  • 20 (11D, 9R) will serve in the Senate.
  • 73 (45D, 28R) will serve in the House. 

Learn more about women in the 119th Congress from our Results for Women Congressional and Statewide Executive Candidates in Election 2024 page and, starting tomorrow, our Women in the U.S. Congress 2025 fact sheet.