W00t! (Although the Speaker Pelosi stuff is getting a little out of hand. Shouldn’t we wait until she actually assumes the office?)
First woman to serve as speaker of the house: Nancy Pelosi
First Muslim elected to U.S. Congress: Keith Ellison
First Democratic Socialist elected to U.S. Senate: Bernie Sanders
First African-American governor of Massachusetts: Deval Patrick
And, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, 67 openly gay candidates were elected to state and local offices (more than ever before)…
– Government Looking More Like Its People
I didn’t even know about all those gay candidates! We hardly notice that kind of thing around here where we have had gay folks in almost every level of local government office.
(Link via Wonkette.)