Stephen Johnson — Here’s how diverse the 116th Congress is set to become

Summary:
In Total, Almost Half of the Newly Elected Congressional Representatives Are Not White Men. Those Changes Come Almost Entirely From Democrats; Republican Members-Elect Are All White Men Except for One Woman. **** LGBT breakthroughs include Democrat members-elect Sharice Davids (D.-Kan.), the first LGBT Kansan elected to Congress, and Kyrsten Sinema (D.-Ariz.), the first openly bisexual person ever elected to the U.S. Senate. The first Muslim women were elected to the House: Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), a Somali-American, and Rashida Tlaib (D.-Mich.), a Palestinian-American. Two new Native American women were elected to the House: Deb Haaland (D.-N.M.) and Sharice Davids (D.-Kan.). Ayanna Pressley (D.-Mass.) is the first black woman elected to Congress in Massachusetts. Sylvia Garcia

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