The number of women of color holding senior staff roles in Congress trails the general population by a factor of 3.
, the senior staff making the most important policy decisions remains largely white and male. That limits the perspectives driving the debate.Across both chambers, women of color make up less than 6% of all chiefs of staff, legislative directors and communications directors, according to data collected by respective racial and ethnic staff associations.
Sharma and others say the low numbers, in part, can be attributed to the pandemic, Jan. 6 insurrection and a lack of diversity on campaigns. They also argued there's a bias against women of certain races being able to lead, thus relegating them to deputy roles. When she finds Latinos in junior positions who want to be legislative directors or chiefs of staff, she'd meet with them periodically.
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