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Posted: 2020-11-13T00:50:11Z | Updated: 2020-11-13T15:24:54Z

A record number of women of color ran for Congress in the 2020 election , and a record number won their races and are set to serve in 2021.

At least 50 women of color (including 46 Democrats ) will serve in the next Congress, breaking the previous record of 48 set in the last elections, according to a report Thursday by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

The winners included a record number of women of color heading to the U.S. House 47 of whom already won seats, compared to the previous record of 44 in 2018. Another three women of color remain in races that have not yet been called.

A record number of women overall are headed to the House in 2021.

Notably, Cori Bush, a Black Lives Matter activist, is one of several lawmakers-elect who made history on Election Day. Bush will be the first Black woman that Missouri sends to Congress.