On the same night Donald Trump won the presidency, America also elected its first-ever Latina senator. Former Nevada attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, will fill the seat of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the retiring Democratic minority leader. Cortez Masto defeated Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) in a tight race.
She declared her win a victory for diversity in a tweet early Wednesday:
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