Capital B News Highlights Joint Center Midterm Election Update

In an article on the concerns about Black political representation following the Supreme Court ruling to erode Voting Rights Act protections, Capital B News highlighted the Joint Center’s Midterm Election update that points to a historic level of Black representation in the U.S. Senate in the 120th Congress.

From the article: “Data from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies projects a decline in Black House representation and an increase in Black Senate representation in the next Congress, which is the 120th Congress. It projects that the next Congress will have at least 61 Black members, a decrease from the 65 members in the 119th Congress. This translates to 55 voting House members and 6 to 7 senators, which would be a record high in the upper chamber.”

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