Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday became the first openly gay senator in the US history when she defeated former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson.
‘I am honoured and humbled and grateful, and I am ready to get to work - ready to stand with Barack Obama, and ready to fight for Wisconsin's middle class,’ said Baldwin to raucous cheers at her victory party.
Although 50-year-old Democrat Representative Baldwin made history after becoming the first openly gay senator-elect in US history, her sexual orientation was largely a non-issue in the race, the Huffington Post reported. Thompson's political director had tweeted a message in September, deriding Baldwin's ‘heartland values,’ accompanied by a video of Baldwin dancing at an LGBT pride parade.
‘I am well aware I will be the first openly gay member of the United States Senate,’ Baldwin said.
‘I am honoured and humbled and grateful, and I am ready to get to work - ready to stand with Barack Obama, and ready to fight for Wisconsin's middle class,’ said Baldwin to raucous cheers at her victory party.
Although 50-year-old Democrat Representative Baldwin made history after becoming the first openly gay senator-elect in US history, her sexual orientation was largely a non-issue in the race, the Huffington Post reported. Thompson's political director had tweeted a message in September, deriding Baldwin's ‘heartland values,’ accompanied by a video of Baldwin dancing at an LGBT pride parade.
‘I am well aware I will be the first openly gay member of the United States Senate,’ Baldwin said.