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Fair enough. tuesday night sharice davids, the democratic fighter running for congress from kansas, she beat four-term republican congressman kevin yoder in kansas, and she didn't just beat him, she trounced him by more than nine points. sharice davids is only 37 years old. before now she had never run for public office. she now shares the honor of being the first native american woman elected to the house of representatives alongside newly elected deb holland from new mexico. sharice davids is also the first openly gay person to be elected from not just her kansas district, but from any dis...

Op elected an openly gay person to federal office. your district has been under republican control for like a decade. what made you decide to do this? and what made you think you could win? >> well, you know, i think that at the core of what helped me feel empowered to do this was that i knew my community could do so much more and have a much stronger voice in washington, d.c. than what we had with congressman yoder, and you know, starting off at johnson county community college right here in our community and making my way to cornell for law school, i mean so much of the opportunity i had in ...

Minutes every day to train. on the way she would listen to her law school classes on tape. sharice davids is native. american. after she graduated from cornell, she went to live and work on reservations to help out underserved communities. she eventually found her way to the white house when she was chosen in 2016 for the highly selective white house fellowship program. she found that she liked working in politics. when she got back home to kansas, she started keeping an eye on her local congressman, a man named kevin yoder. congressman yoder has been a fixture in kansas republican politics. h...

Remarkable victory. obviously you're a lot of firsts here. there had never been a native american woman elected to the house before tuesday night. the state of kansas has never elected an openly gay person to federal office. your district has been under republican control for like a decade. what made you decide to do this? and what made you think you could win? >> well, you know, i think that at the core of what helped me feel empowered to do this was that i knew my community could do so much more and have a much stronger voice in washington, d.c. than what we had with congressman yoder, and y...

I find it fairly epic. fair enough. tuesday night sharice davids, the democratic fighter running for congress from kansas, she beat four-term republican congressman kevin yoder in kansas, and she didn't just beat him, she trounced him by more than nine points. sharice davids is only 37 years old. before now she had never run for public office. she now shares the honor of being the first native american woman elected to the house of representatives alongside newly elected deb holland from new mexico. sharice davids is also the first openly gay person to be elected from not just her kansas distr...