10 Reasons Women Rocked Election Night

1. Um, Tammy Baldwin. Not only was Tammy Baldwin the first openly gay Senator—as in, the first to actually campaign as a gay person and then win without an embarrassing toe-tapping incident—Baldwin is a woman.

1. Um, Tammy Baldwin. Not only was Tammy Baldwin the first openly gay Senator—as in, the first to actually campaign as a gay person and then win without an embarrassing toe-tapping incident—Baldwin is a woman.

2. Speaking of the Senate, there are now 20 women in the U.S. Senate. Sure, that's out of 100, but that's a record, people. The women of the Senate could put out an entire softball lineup with designated hitters, coaching staff, athletic trainers, relief pitchers—the whole nine yards. Here is every female Senator serving in the 113th Congress starting in January:  

Tammy Baldwin (WI)*
Elizabeth Warren (MA)*
Mazie Hirono* (HI)
Deb Fischer* (NE)
Heidi Heitkamp* (N.D.)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Maria Cantwell  (WA)
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Susan Collins (ME)
Kay Hagan (NC)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Kelly Ayotte (NH)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Patty Murray (WA)

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