Women in the House Reach Record High After Virginia Election

Two congressional records will be broken when Virginia’s Jennifer McClellan is sworn in as a member of the House.

McClellan (D), who was elected Tuesday to fill the only empty seat in Congress, will bring the number of women in the 118th Congress up to 150, the largest number ever.

The attorney and 17-year state legislator also will be her state’s first Black woman representative.

“It’s an incredible honor to be the first, but it also is an incredible responsibility to ensure I’m not the last and that I am helping bring along the way other women of color behind ...