The initial wave of Democratic women elected in 2018, who sought to counter Donald Trump's presidency, is dwindling. Many are leaving Congress, highlighting the challenges of maintaining progress in gender representation.
They joined 33 other Democratic female newcomers on Capitol Hill who ran for public office to push back against Donald Trump.Democratic Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton roared into Washington six years ago as part of a record wave of women vying for“We were part of that 2018 class, and we sort of ran in there like: ‘There’s a fire. We’re here,’” Spanberger said.“It’s slightly different than the tone of where things are right now,” she said.That is an understatement.
Their bids for Congress were backed by many women who marched, phone-banked and organized in a grass-roots movement that decried Trump and worked to elect female Democrats.Wexton, previously a state senator and prosecutor, developed a reputation for taking care of her district, said Rosalyn Cooperman, a professor at the University of Mary Washington.
Wexton, with the help of an artificial intelligence program, spoke of Spanberger supporting her in a more vulnerable way: styling Wexton’s hair as she showed up to Congress with her health struggles.
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