WASHINGTON - A record number of at least 131 women have been elected to serve in the 117th Congress, according to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP).The next Congress will have at least 100 female Democrats and 31 female Republicans, according to CAWP, which tracks women’s political participation in the United States.While there still remain 25 congressional races with female candidates that are too close to call, enough female contenders for congressional seats have already secured victories to break the record number of women slated to serve in Congress.“Following the record-setting 2018 midterm elections, we’ve been cautiously optimistic that we were seeing the emergence of a new normal, rather than a.