Women now make up a whopping 1/5th of the legislative body that is the Senate. Tuesday's election saw five women win senate seats- the most since the land mark "Year of the Women" in 1992.
Elizabeth Warren beat incombent Scott Brown becoming the first female senator in Massachusetts history. Republican Deb Fischer emerged victorious over Democrat Bob Kerrey and will be the first full-term female senator from Nebraska.
Todd Akin was "legitmately" beaten leaving Claire Macaskill to keep her seat in Missouri.The Onion tells it here. Democrat Heidi Heitkamp, of North Dakota won a Senate seat in her state, while Hawaii Democrat Mazie Hirono became the first Asian-American woman elected to the Senate.
Tammy Baldwin won her race which will make her the first openly gay senator. She is representing Wisconsin.
It serves to reason that legislation which negetively impacts women will be more difficult to pass. What's even more encouraging is that there were 13 Republican senators that opposed abortion even in the case of rape, on Tuesday-10 of those senators lost.
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