By Emily Tillett, Published On: April 30, 2019 / 3:27 PM / CBS NEWS Along the shores of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a crowded field that includes more candidates than the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, is vying for the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Walter Jones in North Carolina’s third congressional district….

ByBridget Bowman Posted Apr 10, 2019 11:59 AM Indiana Rep. Susan W. Brooks made a point of telling her Republican colleagues this week about several new candidates who are women and people of color.   “It’s important that we, as a conference, do a better job of looking like America, and better representing the very diverse country that we have,” Brooks, the…

By MELANIE ZANONA 04/02/2019 05:04 AM EDT, Updated 04/02/2019 08:54 AM EDT House Republicans are racing to combat accusations that the party is anti-woman as they face increased pressure on a series of Democratic-backed bills focusing on women’s issues. The GOP, which is still bruised from brutal midterm elections that decimated its ranks of female lawmakers, has…

The pink wave wasn’t very red. by Rebecca Gale Mar 25, 2019 When Elise Stefanik, a Republican member of the House of Representatives looks around the House chamber, she sees a wave of new female faces—nearly all of whom sit on the Democratic side. Of the 102 women who currently serve in the House, all but 13…