Record number of women to serve in 118th Congress

(CNN, KYMA/KECY) - When the 118th Congress is officially sworn-in, it'll have more women in it than ever before.

149 women are set to serve in the U.S. House and Senate, two more members than the previous record in the just-departed 117th congress.

The new mark was set in November when Alaska elected Democrat Mary Peltola to serve the state's at-large House seat for a full term.

Peltola had won a special election earlier this year.

Alaska also sends Lisa Murkowski back to the Senate.

In the House alone, 124 female members will serve, which is a new high mark.

The chamber will also be represented by record numbers of black and latina women.

Four more latinas will be in the house for a total of 18, along with one more black woman to a total of 27.

Diversity is not as prominent in the senate, with numbers of Asian and Latino women the same, and no black-serving female members.

As for party affiliation, there's a new record with 42 republican women set to serve.

Nine will be in the senate, while 33 GOP women will serve in the house, one more than before.