Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Record number of women elected to serve in next Congress
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:37:57 -0600
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A surge of female candidates produced a record-breaking number of women elected to serve in the next Congress, shattering the prior record of 107 currently at the Capitol.
 
While races are still being called, 103 women have won election or reelection across the country so far. They join 10 women in the Senate who weren't up for reelection this year.
 
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PREVIOUS RESULTS: 

  Republican state Attorney General Josh Hawley defeated Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri on Tuesday, flipping one of the nation's most important Senate races to the GOP. Read more here.   After a long and divisive race, Republican Ron DeSantis defeated Democrat Andrew Gillum Tuesday night to become Florida's first new governor since 2010. DeSantis is a new face in the governor's mansion, but he campaigned on many of the same policies that have defined Florida's GOP-dominated state government in recent years. See more here.   Democrats are projected to capture the House majority after a suburban rebuke of President Donald Trump, ending eight years of Republican control of the
 chamber. Read more here.   Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer defeated Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Tuesday night, flipping a state President Donald Trump won by 36 percentage points into the Senate GOP's column. The win means Republicans have kept the Senate majority after defeating Democratic senators in states President Donald Trump won by double-digits in 2016. Read more here.   Republican Sen. Ted Cruz locked in a second term Tuesday night after defeating Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, shutting down Democrats' most aggressive attempt in decades to win a statewide office in Texas. Read more here.    Republican Mike Braun defeated Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly on Tuesday in
 Indiana, flipping a key Senate seat coveted by the GOP for six years. Read more here.   See real time results for every race. To change your alert settings, please go to http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=7c8662c9f3de962a67b7017c27b11f02387ffcf406d316a890b42442024fdc105f24d8ac5d04f7b5c2f8cdbcf45e48af or http://click.politicoemail.com/profile_center.aspx?qs=c1c81b2ef644fde1dd3c1f6178ef6a8ea3ee660992025bd4c5e062844adf152c7f5131d03d6710909b9124aa31a01af868c39335f3d16f67b6107fd3253ca8d7
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