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12 Cards in this Set
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Racial Composition of the 114th Congress HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
White- 80% Black- 10% Hispanic- 8% Asian- 2.3% |
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Racial Composition of the 114th Congress SENATE |
White- 94% Black- 2% Hispanic- 3% Asian- 1% |
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Women in the House of Representatives |
84 women Elise Stefanik - New York - (R) Mia Love - Salt Lake City District - first black female Republican to win a seat in Congress |
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Women in the Senate |
20 women Joni Ernst- Iowa- (R) Shelley Capito - West Virginia - (R) |
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African Americans in the House of Representatives |
44 African-Americans Will Hurd - Texas - (R) -made chairman of an Information Technology subcommittee on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, unusual distinction for a freshman. |
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African Americans in the Senate |
2 African Americans Tim Scott - South Carolina - (R) Cory Booker - New Jersey - (D) |
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Latinos in the House of Representatives |
34 Hispanic Lawmakers (2 Native Americans, both Oklahoma Republicans) |
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Latinos in the Senate |
3 Hispanic Senators Marco Rubio - Florida - (R) Ted Cruz - Texas - (R) Robert Menendez - New Jersey - (D) |
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the only Asian-American Senator |
Mazie Hirono - Hawaii - (D) |
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There have been 1950 Senators in American History and how many of these have been African American? |
9 |
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Majority Minority United States Congressional Districts - African American |
2nd District of Illinois - 69.3% 2nd District of Mississippi- 66.5% |
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Majority Minority United States Congressional Districts - Latino |
15th District of Texas- 82.5% 34th District of California- 78.7% |
