WASHINGTON — Republican women are hoping to make history in the Georgia runoff election with Kelly Loeffler, who would be the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from the state if she wins.
A record number of conservative women won congressional seats in 2020, helping to reenergize Republicans working to elect Loeffler, who was appointed to the seat she now holds to fill a vacancy.
She is only the second Republican woman from Georgia to hold a seat in Congress. When Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene is sworn in next year, the total number of Republican women from Georgia who have served in Congress will increase to three. The other was Rep. Karen Handel, who had a partial term in Congress after winning a special election.
