<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> becomes the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openly_gay" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Openly gay">openly gay</a> politician to be <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_2012" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012">elected to the United States Senate</a>.<sup about="#mwt118" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_6#cite_note-21" id="mwzQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwzg">[21]</span></a></sup>
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