The historic victory of women on the political map
The historic victory of women on the political map
The number
of American women in power has grown; 96 women have been elected to the House
of Representatives of the United States, 12 women to the United States Senate
and 9 women will be governors. Before this year's election, there were 107
women in Congress: 84 in the lower house, out of a total of 435 members, and 23
in the Senate, out of a total of 100. Six women served as governors, out of a
total of fifty.
The
historic victory shows the increase in the voice and leadership of women, where
a total of 277 women from the Republican Party and the unprecedented Democratic
Party representing all ages, races, religions, sexual orientations and cultures
participated. The diversity of women elected is unprecedented, 75% of women of
color, including blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and Native Americans.
Cindy Polo
Logreira, daughter of Barranquilla,
stands out; together with Catalina Cruz, Jessica Ramos and Julia Salazar, they
will be part of the more than 100 women who will be part of the political
decisions of the United States. Cindy Polo Logreira, Catalina Cruz, Jessica
Ramos and Julia Salazar made history by being the first Colombians to occupy
political positions in the United States, after the legislative elections in
which the Democrats won control of the lower house for the first time in eight
years.
Annette
Taddeo easily retained her seat in the Florida 40 Senate. Sharice Davids and
Deb Haaland will be the first Native American women elected to Congress.
Rashida Tlaib, from Michigan, and Ilhan Omar, will be the first Muslim women in
Congress, Republican Marsha Blackburn will be the first woman senator for the
state of Tennessee. The Republican Kristi Noem will be the first woman governor
of South Dakota. Women in the political map of power are a challenge that is
unprecedented in the political leadership of the United States. ( Jorge Yeshayahu Gonzales-Lara)
