Trump Jr. touts Handel as Georgia’s first GOP woman

Donald Trump Jr. in a post on Twitter bragged that Karen Handel’s special election victory means Georgia will now send its first female Republican lawmaker to Congress.

“Karen Handel becomes 1st Woman Rep GA has sent to Congress. Still waiting for the glass ceiling stories, or do conservatives not get them?” he tweeted.

Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in the most expensive House race in history.

{mosads}Handel is not breaking a glass ceiling in that Georgia has sent several women to Congress. But she is the first Republican from Georgia to be elected to Congress.

Handel will become just the 22nd GOP female lawmaker in the 435-member House, not including nonvoting delegates. Overall, there are 104 women in the House.

In the Senate, there are 21 women, including five Republicans.

Georgia has sent a handful of Democratic women to Congress, most recently Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who served one term from 2005 to 2007.

Nine other states appear to have never sent a Republican woman to Congress: Arkansas, Delaware, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Mississippi and Vermont have never had a female representative from either party.