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riversedge

(70,475 posts)
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 04:58 PM Jan 2019

Here are the historic firsts this Congress will make...



Here are the historic firsts this Congress will make...https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/new-congress-january-2019/h_0a51f80c22a089b54fadbc89ba0c4d86?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_content=2019-01-03T18%3A02%3A23&utm_source=twCNNp




Kansas and New Mexico sent the first Native American women to Congress.
Democrats Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota are the first Muslim women elected to serve in Congress.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who at 29 years old will become the youngest woman ever in Congress.
Republican Marsha Blackburn will be the first female senator from Tennessee.
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith made history in the midterms by becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi.
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema became the first female senator elected to represent Arizona. Sinema will also make history as the first openly bisexual senator.
Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia will be the first Latinas to represent Texas in Congress.
Incoming Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley will be the first black congresswoman to represent Massachusetts.
Democrat Jahana Hayes will be the first black congresswoman from Connecticut.

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Here are the historic firsts this Congress will make... (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP
record number of women ran and were elected at every level. Lets not forget beachbum bob Jan 2019 #1
These two are creeps ... GeorgeGist Jan 2019 #2

GeorgeGist

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2. These two are creeps ...
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jan 2019

Republican Marsha Blackburn will be the first female senator from Tennessee.
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith made history in the midterms by becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi.

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