Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Post Election: Quick thoughts on R Women in the House

It's just after 6am here in NJ and I'm pretty tired, but I wanted to jot down a couple of thoughts on Republican women in the House of Representatives before I fall asleep and forget them forever.


  • Republican women held 24 seats during the past term
  • There are a couple races still too close to call, but Republican women have lost ground. I just ran through the numbers very quickly and it looks like they are going to max out at 20 seats total. In an election where the Republican party is clamoring that the US has elected a 'divided government' and that the House of Representatives is representative of what the country wants -- how can this be good for women? 
  • It looks like two seats women Republican candidates picked up are in Indiana; AZ has a race that hasn't been called yet as well. 

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