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ELIZABETH WARREN WILL BECOME THE
FIRST WOMAN TO REPRESENT
MASSACHUSETTS IN THE U.S SENATE.
22NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
CHRISTINE LEE EXPLAINS HOW THIS
HISTORIC WIN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF,
WELL, WOMEN.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS ELECTED ITS
FIRST WOMAN SENATOR IN HISTORY
AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE
WITHOUT THE WOMAN VOTE.
ELIZABETH WARREN MANAGED TO BEAT
SCOTT BROWN BY MORE THAN 10
POINTS AMONG WOMEN. AND YOU
COULD SEE THAT SUPPORT AT
WARREN'S CAMPAIGN PARTY LAST
NIGHT LOOKING AT THE FACES IN
THE CROWD. OF COURSE, SHE ALSO
BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT
THIS WAS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
YEAR. NEARLY 90 PERCENT OF
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA ALSO VOTED FOR
WARREN.
ABSOLUTELY NEED MORE WOMEN IN
THE SENATE AND ESPECIALLY FROM
MASSACHUSETTS, IT'S NEVER
HAPPENED.
I WAS AT A RALLY LAST NIGHT AND
SHE WAS SPEAKING AND I WAS
WATCHING THE CROWD. THERE WERE A
LOT OF YOUNG GIRLS IN THE CROWD
AND WATCHING THEIR FACES LIGHT
UP WHEN SHE TOOK THE STAGE WAS
FANTASTIC. LEADING UP TO THE
ELECTION, WARREN AGGRESSIVELY
ATTACKED BROWN'S VOTING RECORD
AGAINST ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION
AND EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.
WARREN BEAT BROWN BY 8 POINTS ON
ELECTION DAY, 54 TO 46 PERCENT.