They are two of a record eight new
Republican women elected to the House.
Not exact matches
Voters in a southeast Texas county
elected a black, Democratic
woman as sheriff while choosing
Republican Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, an unusual result in a year of partisan acrimony.
A federal political action committee aimed at
electing conservative
women to Congress announced late yesterday it would back
Republicans Maggie Brooks, Rep. Nan Hayworth and Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle.
There are some exceptions — North Country
Republican Elise Stefanik is the youngest
woman ever
elected to the House, and New York and Massachusetts each have a female U.S. Senator — but across the country,
women are underrepresented in public office.
Republican Elise Stefanik became the youngest
woman ever
elected to the House when she won this Obama district in 2014.
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At 31 — the youngest
woman House member ever
elected — she projects the kind of youthful vitality that
Republicans see as an antidote to the party's stodgy, elderly - white - male image.
Sewell and
Republican Martha Roby, also
elected in 2010, are the first
women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular elections.
A New York judge dismissed a
Republican political strategist's $ 4 million defamation suit against Trump and his former campaign manager, ruling the president -
elect's «intemperate» tweets saying the
woman «begged» for a job were statements of opinion protected by the First Amendment.
The
woman elected to fill Gabryszak's seat, Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak, who ran on
Republican and Conservative party lines, ran afoul of ethics rules, too.
As the only female
Republican elected official in New York City, it is painful for me to hear the constant political mudslinging that takes place regarding which party stands up for
women in our state.
Next week, no matter which party wins the race to replace the Arizona
Republican, a
woman will be
elected to succeed him.
Republicans have picked up three seats here — Long Island's NY - 1, where state Sen. Lee Zeldin ousted Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop; Central New York's NY - 24, where former federal prosecutor John Katko defeated Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei; and the North Country's NY - 21, where Elise Stefanik became the youngest
woman ever
elected to the House.
Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm);
elected TWICE in a heavily
Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused
women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth
woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?
Republican Elise Stefanik beat out two opponents in the race for New York's 21st District, to become the youngest
woman ever
elected to Congress.
In 2014,
Republican Elise Stefanik became the youngest
woman ever
elected to Congress.
Clinton could help Braley with female voters as he faces state Sen. Joni Ernst — the
Republican nominee looking to become the first
woman elected to Congress from the Hawkeye State.
In 2014, 30 - year - old
Republican Elise Stefanik of New York became the youngest
woman elected to the House, surpassing 31 - year - old Elizabeth Holtzman's election in 1972.
Ratigan, 45, who previously hosted shows on MSNBC and CNBC and worked as an executive for Bloomberg News, is joining a crowded field of nine other candidates already vying for the district's Democratic nomination to unseat incumbent
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, the youngest
woman ever
elected to Congress.
Ratigan appeared on the «Jeff Graham Show» last week to discuss his bid to unseat incumbent
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, the youngest
woman ever
elected to Congress.
Monica Wehby is the Senate candidate
Republicans have been waiting for: a camera - ready pediatric neurosurgeon, mother of four, in a party that desperately needs to
elect more
women.
Some, such as landscape painter Wogan Phillips, artist Clive Branson and sculptor Jason Gurney, joined some 40,000 men and
women from 53 countries in the International Brigades, fighting for the democratically
elected Republican government against General Franco's Nationalist rebels.