No major gains projected for count of women in Congress after midterms

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 6, 2026

Words: 638

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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WASHINGTON — The number of women in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to increase and may decline following the November midterm elections, though there are still opportunities for candidates to make history in the upper chamber.

Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics, said on a call with reporters Tuesday that Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota and Mary Peltola in Alaska, both Democrats, would become the first Native American women in …

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