Tammy takes back Illinois Senate seat for Democrat
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Rep. Tammy Duckworth won Tuesday night’s U.S. Senate race against Sen. Mark Kirk (R), restoring a seat to Democrats that had once been held by Barack Obama, Huffington online reported.
Duckworth, a Thai-American, Iraq War veteran and two-term congresswoman, will be the second Asian-American senator and the first female senator to have seen combat. She’s also the second woman in Illinois’ history to become a senator. The first, Carol Moseley Braun, served from 1993 to 1999.
Duckworth’s victory also means both of the state’s senators are now Democrats.
