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On Nov. 6, President Obama won re-election, the Republicans kept control of the House of Representatives, and the Democrats kept control of the United States Senate. However, the country appears to be moving away from the center right, where some say the country has sat on in the political spectrum since 2010.

The Democrats picked up two seats in the Senate, putting them at a total of 53. This was two more than the previous Senate.

One of the notable races was incumbent Sen. Scott Brown vs. Elizabeth Warren. Brown, a Republican, won in the generally liberal Massachusetts in 2010. 2010 was the year in which Congress had a completely new face as people appeared to be disgruntled with the Democratic leadership. Yet, it now appears as though people are not content with the current Republican Party.

The Senate will also have a record number of women starting in 2013 when there will be 20 women serving in the Senate.

In addition, the people elected a record amount of gay men and women to Congress. Sen.-elect Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin is the first openly gay woman in the Senate. The election of Baldwin and of other homosexuals may suggest that the American electorate is becoming more tolerant of gays and lesbians.

We will not know until 2013, however, what this means for Congress and the United States.

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