i took that sense of purpose, and i worked at the office of united states senator cantwell, i worked on her immigration services staff but more importantly i worked on her staff advocating for those democratic values, those values of truth, honesty, inclusion and tolerance. i took that sense of purpose and i went to school at hastings college of law. there i served as vice president of one of the largest law schools, largest public law schools in the country. i took that sense of purpose, and i applied to the san francisco courts indegint panel and there i work on behalf excuse the expression, dirt poor residents who cannot afford an attorney of their own. but i did not stop there. i took that sense of purpose, and i founded the radio and television program that originate, on ksfs called folk law to give voice to the issues facing san francisco now these are not the issues that make the 10:00 o'clock news, these are the issues like parking, these are the issues like domestic violence prevention and funding for the arts that are dear to my heart and are dear to the hearts of residents

gillibrand, joe manchin, debbie stabenow, bob menendez, sheldon whitehouse, bernie sanders, maria cantwellane finestein, we have delivered to you a great caucus, mr. leader. >> not only did every democratic incumbent in the senate win their race last night, every single one, but democrats actually picked up two seats. elizabeth warren defeated republican incumbent scott brown in massachusetts. joe donnelly defeated tea party favorite, richard mourdock, in indiana. it should have been impossible. joining us now is steve kornacki, co-host of "the cycle," 3:00 weekdays here on msnbc. happy aftermath, steve. >> i was just checking unskewedelectionreturns.com and they said republicans have 67 senate seats now, so i'm not sure what you're talking about here. >> also, mitt romney won with a anonymous vote. >> yes, in d.c., that's right. >> that's right. what happened yesterday in the senate specifically? obviously, the expectations were leaning much more toward the democrats by the time we actually voted, but the distance between patty murray having to be essentially arm twisted into taking that

in washington state, nbc news is projecting maria cantwell is the winner there. again, a democratic victory in the state of washington. in california, this one, obviously very expected. senator dianne feinstein, the projected winner here. a democrat in california. do we have new mexico as well to look at here this evening? new mexico, we're looking at another democratic projected winner. martin heinrich over heather wilson. also we have results here in arizona. taking a look at the results there. jeff flake, the republican, kind of a libertarian tinged republican in the state of arizona. he's the projected winner in that state. a lot of big calls tonight out of those 33 races that were on the ballot tonight in the united states senate. we're still waiting on four results, but a lot of these big calls are now in, carl. >> all right. thanks very much. let's bring in jared bernstein, sarah fagen, cathi yeah wylde, steve liesman, larry kudlow, and keith boykin. let's go over to you guys. jared, your thoughts? let's talk about when the work begins now now that we know

brown of ohio, lieberman, stabenow, cantwell, schumer, durbin, mr. johnson of south dakota, bennet, blumenthal, whitehouse, and collins be add as cosponsors to my amendment number 2985. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. udall:man, i yield the floor. -- mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: without objection, senator from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll on the amendment. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any other senators in the chamber who desire to vote or to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 62, the nays are 37. the amendment is agreed to. a senator: i move to reconsider. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the senator from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: mr. president, i would now ask unanimous consent that we proceed

. >> woodruff: and maria cantwell. that's three more women ejected to the senate. >> i'm tired of that! how many will be there? >> ifill: you're in the wrong place for that, mark. >> woodruff: there was expected to be a large number of women if it was a good night for the democrats in particular. then some republican women have done well tonight. >> claire mccaskill. i haven't think of any who lost. i think all the women have won... >> sipt i can't dell lost in maine. she was the democratic nominee. up couldn't lose in hawaii because there were two women. that was one that the republicans really thought they had a shot with, linda linkal who was a popular republican governor. >> ifill: faded fairly quickie. yes,. linda mcmahon. that's right. linda mchand. elizabeth warren won. >> woodruff: most of the women in the united states senate are democrats. >> kay bailey hutchison is leaving. and olympia is leaving too. >> they lost two republican women. let's go to boston where our margaret warner is standing by. no, it turns