Senate to have most women ever. Not enough, but most ever.

We didn't just Upgrade the Senate this cycle, we put a record number of women in it. According to EMILY's List late Tuesday night:

With the victories of Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Deb Fischer (R-NE), we've reached an historic number of women serving in the Senate. Even with the retirements of Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), at least 18 women'a record high'will serve in the Senate starting in 2013.

Every Democratic woman incumbent Senator was re-elected, and results are still out for challengers Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND).

In fact, while Mazie Hirono is going to win this one, her opponent is also a woman, so either way, count Hawaii in the record number of women senators. And some women, like Connecticut Republican and terrible human being Linda McMahon, we're not sorry to see lose.

The fact that 18 women out of 100 senators would be a record high is pathetic. But it's progress.