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It's OK to feel happy: The election brought a night of historic firsts


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If you're able to see through your Beto-inspired veil of grief, there's so much *actual* joy to be found in Tuesday's 2018 midterm election results.

Happiness is a foreign emotion to most of us by now, but please consider the following: women, people of color, and LGBTQ candidates had a historic night on Tuesday.

Everywhere you looked — even freaking Florida — there were signs of progress.

Here are the 2018 midterms' most impressive historic firsts:

1. Over 100 women were elected to Congress, the highest number ever. They're disproportionately Democrat and enraged.  Read more...

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