Meet the Women History Makers of the Midterms

Maura Healey won her race in Massachusetts to become the nation's first openly lesbian governor. She was also the state's first woman and first openly gay candidate elected to the office. "I hope tonight shows you that you can be whatever, whoever you want to be," she said to a crowd in her victory speech. "And nothing and no one can ever get in your way except your own imagination, and that's not going to happen."