Dem women poised for record gains in Trump backlash
Clinton wanted to bring more women with her, and the GOP nominee has only helped
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In many of their most competitive races, Democrats are poised to win House and Senate seats that could easily bring the number of women to new levels in both chambers, along with potentially two female governors winning their first elections.
Even a conservative guess at Democratic gains would push women over the 20 percent mark in the House for the first time ever, notable because the number of Republican women in the House has dropped from a high of 25 after the 2004 elections, while the number of Democratic women has continued to rise. In the Senate, wins could put the number of women at 25 percent, including up to three Democratic women of color in a chamber in which, to date, just two women of color have served.
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More women appear set to win because they’re running Democratic in what’s shaping up to be a Democratic year. But this wasn’t entirely happenstance: Before making her presidential campaign official last year, Clinton brought in Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List — a group founded 30 years ago to support female Democratic candidates — for the first of many conversations about recruiting and promoting other women running in 2016.
“Hillary wanted as many women as we could get to run at this moment in history and really make a statement to break through as many glass ceilings as possible,” Schriock said.
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Hillary got EMILY's list to make sure they have as many women running and winning office in her record year as possible.
The sure-ins
Kamala Harris will be oure 2nd black female Senator.
Tammy Duckworth will be our 2nd female Asian American Senator.
Then you have possibilities of Katie McGinty, Deborah Ross, Maggie Hassan, and Ann Kirkpatrick. We're slowly making inroads in the Senate...FINALLY.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/1...e-house-230268
Fix it, Hillary.
Vicente Fernandez on the bottle 
