A record number of Black women have been elected to the Washington statehouse, tripling their representation in a state legislature that continues to be led by White male lawmakers.
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The group are all Democrats. — Incumbents: Reps. Melanie Morgan & Debra Entenman — April Berg, Kirsten Harris-Talley & Jamila Taylor, elected to the WA House — T'wina Nobles, elected to the WA State Senate. She is the first Black legislator in the 49-person chamber in a decade.pic.twitter.com/ImTotgeOIr
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Research shows that Black women’s political representation remains incremental. But between 2018 and 2019, they saw the largest gain in state legislative representation since 1994. “Never in history has there been so much support to elect women of color.”https://bit.ly/2Uo9kR2
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