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SENATE, THEIR WINS ARE IN LARGE

PART THANKS TO WOMEN.

>> THIS WAS THE YEAR FOR THE GOP

WOMEN.

>> Reporter: WITH DOZENS OF

REPUBLICAN WOMEN BREAKING

BOUNDARIES.

>> I WANT TO KEEP GOVERNMENT OFF

OUR BACKS AND PROTECT OUR

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: INCLUDING NANCY

MACE.

>> I WAS ALSO THE FIRST WOMAN TO

GRADUATE FROM THE CITADEL, THE

MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH

CAROLINA.

>> Reporter: MACE, NOW THE FIRST

REPUBLICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO

CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

SINGLE MOM, ONE-TIME HIGH SCHOOL

DROPOUT, FORMER WAFFLE HOUSE

WAITRESS.

>> THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT.

SO ITS NOT JUST WHAT YOU SAY,

ITS HOW YOU SAY IT.

ITS NOT JUST WHAT YOU WEAR,

ITS HOW YOU WEAR IT.

>> Reporter: SENATOR SUSAN

COLLINS DEFYING ALL ODDS.

THE FIRST REPUBLICAN WOMAN TO

WIN A FIFTH SENATE TERM.

>> WHEN I WAS CHAIRING THE

HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEES, I

REMEMBERED LOOKING AT THE PANEL,

LOOKING TO MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN REALIZING

THAT I WAS THE ONLY WOMAN.

>> Reporter: IN THE NEW

CONGRESS, AT LEAST 141 WOMEN

WILL SERVE.

A RECORD-BREAKING 36 OF THEM

WILL BE REPUBLICANS.

OF THOSE 36, HALF OF THEM WILL

BE FRESHMEN SERVING THEIR FIRST

TERM.

>> THE DEMOCRATS GAINED MORE

THAN 30 SEATS IN THE HOUSE.

THEY WON SEVEN GOVERNORSHIPS.

>> Reporter: AFTER A DISMAL

SHOWING IN 2018, THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY PUT A FOCUS ON ELECTING

WOMEN TO CONGRESS.

>> I WONT BACK DOWN FROM

HARMFUL SOCIALIST IDEAS LIKE THE

GREEN NEW DEAL.

>> Reporter: NEWLY ELECTED

CYNTHIA LUMMIS IS WYOMINGS

FIRST FEMALE SENATOR.

>> BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WENT OUT OF

THEIR WAY TO RECRUIT AND PLACE

WOMEN, AND THE REPUBLICANS

DIDNT DO THAT AS EARLY.

>> WHAT CHANGED THIS YEAR FROM

HARDLY ANY TO A RECORD NUMBER?

>> WELL, I THINK WE PUT IN A

HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND TIME

INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE

REACHING OUT, ENCOURAGING WOMEN

IN ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS TO PUT

THEIR NAME ON THE BALLOT, TO

RUN.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF

PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY HAS STRUGGLED WITH

SUBURBAN WOMEN.

BUT MARIA SALAZAR, A FORMER TV

JOURNALIST, NEWLY ELECTED TO

CONGRESS, HELPED TRUMP

OVERPERFORM WITH HISPANICS IN

SOUTH FLORIDA.

>> I AM TELLING MY PARTY THAT

WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE THE NEW

FACE OF AMERICA.

>> Reporter: ALL TEN SEATS THAT

HAVE FLIPPED FROM BLUE TO RED

WERE WON BY A WOMAN OR MINORITY.

BUT TO ENSURE THIS YEAR ISNT AN

OUTLIER, ADVOCATES WARN THE GOP

MUST INVEST A LOT MORE TIME,