In Nevada’s legislature, women outnumber the men — a first in the nation. The female majority is having a huge effect.
The nation’s first majority-female legislature is currently meeting in Nevada. Carson City may never be the same.CARSON CITY, Nev. — She didn’t plan to say it. Yvanna Cancela, a newly elected Democrat in the Nevada Senate, didn’t want to “sound crass.” But when a Republican colleague defended a century-old law requiring doctors to ask women seeking abortions whether they’re married, Cancela couldn’t help firing back.
Cancela, 32, is part of the wave of women elected by both parties in November, many of them younger than 40. Today, women hold the majority with 23 seats in the Assembly and 10 in the Senate, or a combined 52 percent. Staff members and legislators leave the Nevada state legislature building in Carson City. Women hold 23 seats in the Assembly and 10 in the Senate, or a combined 52 percent.
Along with the gender shift has come a steady increase in racial diversity: Of 63 lawmakers in Nevada, 11 are African American, nine are Hispanic, one is Native American and one, Rochelle Thuy Nguyen , 41, is the legislature’s first Democratic female Asian American Pacific Islander. Nevada state Rep. Daniele Monroe-Moreno speaks to a lobbyist during a hearing at the Nevada state legislature in Carson City.Monroe-Moreno chairs a hearing at the Nevada state legislature.
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