>> reporter: just meet senator
pat spearman.
you're african american.
you're a lesbian.
you served in the military.
and you're an ordained minister.
>> exactly.
>> reporter: it doesn't get more
diverse than you.
>> it doesn't get more diverse
than me and you can't be more
marginalized than me.
>> reporter: spearman says in
the past she was harassed,
mistreated, and shunned, but now
she's empowered.
>> maybe there are some people
who think, you know, that's just
culture.
no.
if it is just culture, then we
change the culture.
with the female majority it's
like saying, "oh, no, we aren't
doing that no more."
>> reporter: if the future is
female, nevada is now.
jamie yuccas, cbs news, carson
city.
>> ninan: next on the "cbs
weekend news," witness to war.
remembering d-day 75 years
later.
there must be something
you can do...
son..
my father is going.
my brothers too.
i'd rather die than stay...
son, you can't.
your heart's not strong enough.
my heart is as strong as any.
♪
...you have to...