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It's Official: Record Number Of Women Nominated For House Seats In 2018

Record numbers of women were already running in House primaries. Now, a record number of women have secured nominations from the two major parties to appear on ballots in November.
Source: Danielle Kurtzleben

With Tuesday's primaries, women have hit another milestone in this record-breaking political year, setting a new record for the number of women who have secured a major party nomination for the U.S. House.

Democrats and Republicans have nominated 185 women to run for the House in

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