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After many protests and dismay at the missed opportunity to elect the first female President, a record number of women channeled their discontent to run for office and lead political campaigns towards the 2018 midterm elections. The midterm elections show that women can run and win at any stage of life with common-sense policies. Here are some of my favorite front-runners in the women’s wave, just five women of many breaking ceilings as firsts in their state: Sharice Davids (D-KS) - First Native American woman elected to Congress and Kansas’ first-ever LGBT representative to Congress With roughly 53% of the state vote, Davids will be the first Native American woman elected to Congress and Kansas’s first openly gay Congressional representative. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) - First Somali-American and first Muslim woman elected to Congress Ilhan Omar first made headlines as the first female Muslim lawmaker in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016. She is a Somali-American immigrant and won her first race unseating a forty-four year incumbent Democrat. Omar made history again this midterm cycle as the first female Muslim elected to Congress, replacing Keith Ellison who left the seat to run (unsuccessfully) for Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Letitia (Tish) James (D - NY) - First woman and first African-American to serve as New York State Attorney General Tish James made history as the first woman and African-America to win the seat of Attorney General in the State of New York. A lawyer, former City Councilwoman, and native New Yorker, she won her seat for New York State Attorney General with roughly 63% of the state vote. Marsha Blackburn (R - TN) - First woman to represent Tennessee in Congress Marsha Blackburn won her first statewide race this cycle and will be the first woman ever to represent Tennessee in Congress.

And female candidates are stomping through the wreckage. candidates. While the sheer number of women running is not a surefire path to change — many were running against each other in primaries or in tough districts — this week’s Democratic primary signaled that the zeal was translating into votes. Republican women entering the fray, though, are finding themselves in a bind, Kate Zernike, a Times national correspondent, reported this week. Women aren’t waiting to be asked to run for office. There are a record number of women versus women races. Aren’t we all curious to see if Georgia is the first state to elect a black woman as governor? Image “I didn’t vote.” “I hid my dad’s absentee ballot.” “I don’t care about politics.” These are among the stories we’ve heard whispered to friends or between courses at family dinners — confessions many people hesitate to share even with those closest to them. ______ More from the trail • Woman v. woman: For the first time, this fall, five Senate races will feature only women as major party candidates. [The New York Times] • Women of the anti-Trump resistance.

Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib is poised to become the first Muslim woman ever elected to Congress. She tells CNN's Poppy Harlow why she has joined the movement to abolish the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.

After winning the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, Rashida Tlaib is poised to be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress. Tlaib joins Morning Joe to discuss. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination…

Democratic congressional candidate for Michigan's 13th district, Rashida Tlaib, says she probably won't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

Rashida Tlaib is poised to become the first Muslim woman in Congress after CNN has projected her to win the Democratic primary in Michigan's 13th District. She speaks with CNN's Brooke Baldwin about the importance of women running for office.