DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar will be Minnesota's first female governor

DFL Senator Amy Klobuchar will be Minnesota’s next governor. Klobuchar defeated Republican Lisa Demuth in Tuesday’ election. She will be the first female governor in Minnesota history.

Democrat Peggy Flanagan is the first Native American woman to be elected to the United States Senate. Flanagan defeated Republican Michele Tafoya with about 54 percent of the vote.

And U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar has won a fifth term in congress — amid a federal criminal investigation.