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Originally posted by Jonna Lee
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Looking back at this, I wonder why is it that the House is so much more diverse than the Senate. I assume it has to do with size and term lengths.
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Easy, the House has more to do with districts by size. In urban areas, there are more opportunities for people of color to get into office. Senate is on a state level and requires broad appeal. Unless you live in a really diverse state, the status quo of white male or woman will be prevalent. Even for white women, Senate seats are hard to come by. It's why female Senators try to stick together, even sometimes across the aisle with rival party. We have a black woman that is competitive for a seat in Senate from the state of Maryland named Donna Edwards. She's been getting national media attention as of late. It's one thing to get a person of color in Senate, but a female who is person of color? That's even more rare. She would stand to be the 2nd black female to ever be elected into the US Senate (first was Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois back in '93).
