The first female Speaker of the House. Two more women elected overall (because 76 is sooo much more representative than 74, out of 535 voting members). The first black guy elected from Minnesota is also the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. Rick Santorum went down (smirk very much intended). Bernie Sanders moves on the the Senate! Cantwell re-elected here in WA, defeating her blatantly anti-immigrant opponent. Allen looks like he's losing by 1% in Virgina, but it's still too close to call. The estate tax in WA will not be repealed. It's been a good night, despite the fingernail-biting. And that's not counting the local state races, which are also looking good.There's the bad news, of course. Michigan's constitutional amendment to ban affirmative action passed overwhelmingly. Arizona now has English as its official language (though it defeated a ban on marriage for same-sex couples, forbidding one form of discrimination doesn't make up for enacting another).
The two Independents I know, both running against incumbent Dems, didn't do so well: Linnea only has 4% right now here in WA , and Dexter has 9% in Maine. Obviously, the numbers will change as more ballots are counted. But more power to them for having the courage to run in the first place. They're both my heroes!
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and massachusetts got its first black governer.
Dude, how did I miss that? I wasn't really following the gubernatorial races, except for Arnie.
That's awesome. Yay Bay State!
Hey, yeah, sorry about the California gov's race. I voted blue.
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