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sheshe2

(83,898 posts) Sun Nov 11, 2018, 10:39 PM Nov 2018

Women and the Brilliant Colors of Change. We won.

Look what we just did. We women made History. We have reclaimed our time. We went from suffragettes to elected officials. We just won a huge number of seats. A staggering number.We won more than many men could ever understand. We won our right to be an equal. We won to have our voice heard. WE won no matter our color or sex.. We won dignity and respect from the voters.

Look at the names of the women that won.

Some 95 women have won, or are projected to win, their House races as of Wednesday, which is up from the current 84 women in the House. In addition, at least 13 women won Senate seats. That's on top of the 10 female senators who were not up for re-election this year.

Among the notable names on the new House roster: Deb Haaland of New Mexico and Sharice Davids of Kansas are the first Native American women elected to Congress, and Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar will be the first Muslim women in the House. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Abby Finkenauer of Iowa, both 29, will become the youngest women to serve in the House.

Other firsts: In Texas, Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia became the first Latinas to represent the state in Congress. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts also became the first women of color elected to represent their respective states.Thad Cochran earlier this year.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-number-of-women-to-serve-in-house-congress-2018-midterm-elections/

We are loud and proud and will never sit down and shut up. We are invisible.