From Jezebel: Sexism Fatigue...

[KitSileya]

40. Who would that be?

I admit I don't pay as much attention to the governors as the senators. It really, really shocked me to learn that there'd only been 4 African American governors, tho' - this was in December, when it was 140 years since Governor Pinchback was the first, serving for 35 days. That there'd been only 3 since was eye-opening.

Currently, 5 of the serving Governors are non-Hispanic Whites, according to Wikipedia, and only one is black. So the numbers are atrocious.

20% of senators are women, and for the first time ever they have 2! African Americans serving at the same time. 10% of Governors are persons of color, 14% are women, and I don't even want to start with sexual orientation minorities - there's been what, one openly gay senator, no transgender ones.

All in all, while there's been progress, there's a looooong way to go with regards to minorities in power.