For manyand especially many womenthe results of Tuesdays election represented a bitter disappointment.
Simply put: the repudiation of a competent, supremely qualified woman for a convicted felon.
It can be hard to pick your head up after a blow like that.
Below, six examples.
In that position she helped raise the minimum wage and passed paid family and medical leave.
As part of her campaign this year, she pledged to improve protections for unions.
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I am letting voters know that I want to represent everyone.
If I go to the Senate, we all go.
She was elected as a county executive in 2018.
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Additionally, her win will make the Kentucky Supreme Court a majority-female institution for the first time.
Shortly after his death, she lost her mother in a tragic homicide.
In her 20s, she developed Crohns disease, an experience that led to lengthy hospitalization.
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