House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday afternoon predicted there would be an additional 14 to 19 Republican women at the end of the counting.
McCarthy: “We’ll likely have an additional 14 to 19 Republican women. This will break the record for the most Republican women coming in at any one time. We’ll double the number and we’ll set a record for the most women ever in the Republican Party.”
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) November 4, 2020
The gains came all over the country — from New Mexico to Florida. Many of them were backed by Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) political action committee EPAC.
Stefanik was jubilant on Tuesday night, tweeting, “RED GOP WOMEN WAVE” with fire and siren emojis.
🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥
RED GOP WOMEN WAVE! https://t.co/AFoQxviRbY
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 4, 2020
She later tweeted sarcastically, “Can’t wait to read all the front page glossy women’s magazine feature articles about our incredible GOP Women dominating 2020!”
Can’t wait to read all the front page glossy women’s magazine feature articles about our incredible GOP Women dominating 2020!
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 4, 2020
Stefanik was likely referring to the numerous feature stories on Democrat women who were elected to the House in 2018. In that midterm election, Republicans only added one female to the House.
By Wednesday afternoon, the women Republican candidates who won their races included:
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