Election night 2014 saw a lot of “firsts” take place across the country — not only for the Republican Party but also for American history as a whole.

As one headline read, “There Are 100 Women in Congress for the First Time Ever.” Now that’s powerful, but to appreciate all of these firsts, we need to look back at what got us here and look forward to what we’ll do with it.

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