The current session also features 18 new female representatives and three new female senators. Six states will have no women representation in either chamber this time around, with Mississippi ...

A year ago, all five female state senators from South Carolina won the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their bipartisan effort to block a near-total abortion ban in the state. That it ...

Women in the 118th Senate. In the current Congress, women hold 25 of 100 Senate seats – a record high. They represent a total of 21 states. In Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire and Washington, both ...

Three SC Republican women, ... Shealy, South Carolina's current longest-serving female senator, then lost her spot in a runoff election June 25 against a man.

Women have made significant gains in Congress in recent elections, but that progress has stalled for the first time since 2016, falling short of the current record levels. The latest woman to lose ...

Only three Black women have ever served in the U.S. Senate since it was established in 1789. ... Lee, Rochester, and Alsobrooks are aiming to not only beat the current record but double it.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Five South Carolina female state senators, standing together, helped block a near-total abortion ban last week. The five call themselves sister senators and for the first ...

The South Carolina state Senate has the largest incoming class in memory with 13 new senators but has only two women among its 46 members. “It makes me feel helpless.” SC’s 2 female state ...

The group, which included the only five female senators (out of 46 seats) and was notably bipartisan, is the subject of a new documentary from filmmaker and Orangeburg native Emily Harrold.

The South Carolina state Senate has the largest incoming class in memory with 13 new senators but has only two women among its 46 members. “It makes me feel helpless.” SC’s 2 female state ...