Republicans enter Congress with record number of women after putting up diverse slate of GOP candidates

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Congressional Republicans set a new record early Saturday with the swearing-in of the 118th Congress. The total number of Republican women serving in the House and Senate reached a historic high.

A total of 149 women now serve in Congress with 124 serving in the House of Representatives, and 25 in the Senate. Republican women occupy 33 House seats and nine Senate seats, an increase of one seat in each body from the previous Congress for a total of 42 female GOP members.

The previous Republican record of 41 was set last year with the election of former Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, in a special election.

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