Kyrsten Sinema. Photo courtesy of the Washington Blade.

Arizona social worker and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has beat Tea Party Republican Vernon Parker to win a seat in the U.S. Congress to represent a new Congressional district in Phoenix, this Washington Post article said.

Sinema, MSW, had a narrow lead on election night. That lead has now grown to about 6,000 votes.

Sinema said she is “honored and ready to start working for the people of Arizona.”

The former Arizona state senator will become the first openly bisexual person to serve in Congress.  Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin also made history by becoming the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate.

To learn more about candidates who support National Association of Social Worker issues, visit the National Association of Social Workers’ Political Action for Candidate Election website by clicking here (Note: some sections of this website are open to NASW members only). There is also a Congressional Social Work Caucus. To learn more about it, click here.