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Quiet_Dem_Mom

(599 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:32 PM Dec 2018

NV becomes first state with majority female legislators!

Ok, technically because two women were appointed to vacated state assembly seats and we only have 63 total legislators...but still !

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-becomes-first-state-with-majority-female-legislature/

Nevada will become the first state in the country to have a majority female Legislature after members of the Clark County Commission appointed two women to a pair of open seats in the Assembly.

County commissioners on Tuesday appointed Rochelle Nguyen to replace former Assemblyman Chris Brooks, appointed to the state Senate last month, and Culinary Union grievance specialist Beatrice Angela Duran to replace Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz, who resigned earlier this month and will run for a Las Vegas City Council seat.

With the appointments, female lawmakers will take 23 of 42 seats in the state Assembly and nine of 21 spots in the state Senate, good for 32 out of the 63 seats in the Legislature.

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NV becomes first state with majority female legislators! (Original Post) Quiet_Dem_Mom Dec 2018 OP

49 More to Go! dlk Dec 2018 #1

I couldn't find the breakdown of Ds to Rs among the women rurallib Dec 2018 #2

I wondered the same thing! Quiet_Dem_Mom Dec 2018 #6

thanks rurallib Dec 2018 #8

Let's let the women run everything....... Stuart G Dec 2018 #3

Our Federal Delegation is also majority female, I am proud to say malchickiwick Dec 2018 #4

very proud of my state. Democrats and Democratic women in particular kicked ass in the 2018 midterms rollin74 Dec 2018 #5

Vegas baby pecosbob Dec 2018 #7

What wonder Finsh . Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #9

Great great great news mountain grammy Dec 2018 #10

dlk

(11,569 posts)

1. 49 More to Go!

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:38 PM

Dec 2018

Women are the majority of Americans. It makes sense for them to be adequately represented.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

2. I couldn't find the breakdown of Ds to Rs among the women

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:39 PM

Dec 2018

That would be interesting to know. Republican women seem to often be the enemy of their own sex.

Quiet_Dem_Mom

(599 posts)

6. I wondered the same thing!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:12 PM

Dec 2018

The legislative website isn't completely up to date since it is still showing the seats as vacant, but it looks like out of the 23 women in the assembly, only 5 are republican. And just one republican out of the 9 women in the senate.

(The NV legislature session begins in February.)

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/80th2019

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Senate/80th2019

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

8. thanks

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:15 PM

Dec 2018

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)

3. Let's let the women run everything.......

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:47 PM

Dec 2018

Lysistrata is a play about women running things. I've been in discussions about this before. Let them give it a try, hell...maybe they will stop all wars. Could they do worse then the men? We already know that Hillary would be so much better than Drump, but let's give the women a chance to run everything..

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)

4. Our Federal Delegation is also majority female, I am proud to say

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:50 PM

Dec 2018

rollin74

(1,976 posts)

5. very proud of my state. Democrats and Democratic women in particular kicked ass in the 2018 midterms

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:56 PM

Dec 2018

pecosbob

(7,541 posts)

7. Vegas baby

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:15 PM

Dec 2018

We also hold all federal elective offices but one representative up in yahoo county.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

9. What wonder Finsh .

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:36 PM

Dec 2018

Hey this is what all those hours of Campaign Volunteering is all about. Was hoping to meet most of our Candidates,there was not enough hours in the day during the Campaign . Best results of all the States in the Union.

Ladies,make it happen,way past time for change,just do it. Let's never go back to the days of the Rethugs and their pathetic Tea Party.

mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)

10. Great great great news

Reply to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 11:15 PM

Dec 2018

Best news of the day!

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