"Marking these milestones does two things: One, it celebrates the increasing diversity that we are seeing in women's political representation, whether it be in a state or nationally," said Kelly Dittmar, director of research at Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics.
"But at the same time, it reminds us that we have more work to do," said Dittmar, noting that U.S. women overall aren't represented equitably in elected offices and that Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, as well as Native Americans, lag behind their share of the population.
Delaware's Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks prevailed in their races, doubling the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate - from two to four.
Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday.
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