New York Post

Women, minorities winners

- Marisa Schultz

They’ll have to rewrite the record books after Tuesday’s elections.

Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib (above) and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar — both Democrats — are likely to become the first Muslim-American women in Congress. Tlaib would become the first Palestinia­n-American, while Omar would be the first Somali-American.

There are three contenders to become the first Native American female House members.

Deb Haaland of New Mexico is favored to win. Fellow Democrat Sharice Davids has a tougher race in Kansas, while Republican Yvette Herrell is in a toss-up race in New Mexico.

New York Dem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, is all but certain to be elected the youngest female member of Congress, taking the crown from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

Georgia could elect the nation’s first black female governor in Stacey Abrams.

Arizona will elect its first female senator regardless of who wins the tight race between Republican Martha McSally and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.

There are 235 women vying for House seats — up from 167 in 2016, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

Another 22 women will be the major party nominees on Tuesday’s ballot for Senate — up from the 18 in 2012.

Women hold 107 of the 535 seats in Congress and six out of the 50 governorsh­ips.

If women secured all the House contests they are currently favored to win plus the toss-up seats, their representa­tion in the House would jump from 19 percent to about 25 percent, according to Kelly Dittmar of Rutgers University.

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