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Banner Year for Female Candidates Doesn’t Extend to Republican Women

From second left: Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell of Florida, Abby Finkenauer of Iowa and Sharice Davids of Kansas during a group photo for incoming freshmen members of the House of Representatives outside the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 14, 2018. The number of Republican women in Congress next year will actually drop, even as the ranks of Democratic women swell to record heights. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)