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1 day ago · As of October 3, 2023, there are 25 women (15 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 1 Independent) serving as U.S. senators. Additionally, Kamala Harris as vice president serves as President of the Senate . Nancy Kassebaum is currently the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age 91.
3 days ago · She has been called a moderate Republican, and is often a pivotal vote in the Senate. [6] [7] To date, Collins is the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate [8] [9], and since 2019, the only Republican official holding statewide office in Maine.
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May 2, 2024 · Patty Murray (born October 11, 1950, Bothell, Washington, U.S.) American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and began representing Washington the following year. Murray was the first female senator from the state, and she later became the first woman to serve as president pro tempore of the Senate (2023– ).
Apr 24, 2024 · Dianne Feinstein, American Democratic politician who represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1992 to 2023. She was the first woman to serve as senator from that state. Feinstein previously was the first female mayor of San Francisco (1978–88).
4 days ago · Lisa Murkowski (born May 22, 1957, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.) is an American politician who was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 2002 and took office the following year. She was elected to that body in 2004.
Apr 14, 2024 · Sen. Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi was the first African American to serve a full term in the US Senate.
5 days ago · Sanders — the second-oldest member of the Senate, behind 90-year-old Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa — had been coy about his plans for months. He is the last US senator...
