A record number of Native American women will soon serve in Congress
Three Native American women won seats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, a record for the chamber.
In 2018, Democrats Deb Haaland of New Mexico, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, and Sharice Davids of Kansas, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, became the first Native American women elected to Congress. They were both re-elected on Tuesday night, while Republican Yvette Herrell of New Mexico, a Cherokee, defeated incumbent Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in her race.
In total, six Native Americans won seats in the House this election, and New Mexico is now the first state to have two Native American women as congressional delegates. This year, a record 18 indigenous women ran for congressional seats, the Center for American Women and Politics said.
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