White Guys Running the U.S. House Face Diverse Democrats

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Meet Donna Edwards of Maryland, a veteran congresswoman who represents the new face of Democrats in the U.S. House.

Come January, women and minorities for the first time in U.S. history will hold a majority of the party’s House seats, while Republicans will continue to be overwhelmingly white and male. The chamber, already politically polarized, more than ever is going to be demographically polarized, too.