There will only be 13 female Republicans in the House in the next Congress, down from 23. Only one woman, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, holds a top House leadership position. Across the aisle, 35 of the new female members of the House are Democrats compared with only two Republicans, and nine of the Democrats are under the age of 40. Among them is Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who, in similar ways to Ms. Stefanik, has been tabbed as a rising star in her party. “We need Elise Stefanik to speak out on our behalf because as a young women in Congress who is a Republican, she is seriously outnumbered and that makes her role more and more difficult,” said Jennifer Nassour, the former head of the Republican Party in Massachusetts.

Source: New York Times December 20, 2018 14:37 UTC