The number of women in power has grown steadily, but this year's election, with more than 270 women running for Congress and governor, shattered records.

How many were there before?

Prior to this year's election, there were 107 women in Congress – 84 in the House, out of 435 members, and 23 in the Senate, out of 100. Six women were serving as governors, out of 50.

Currently serving version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? 1 out of 5 Congress members are women

How many historic firsts? Numbers aside, several women made history.