published the first explicit photo late last being writing, i am going through a divorce from an abusive husband who seems determined to try to humiliate me. hill's estranged husband did not respond to cnn's request for comment. hill was part of the surge of women running for office in 2018, a first-time candidate. the millennial outraced the incumbent by millions promising change. she flipped california's 25th congressional district, republican held since the early '90s. cnn traveled with hill as she made her trip to washington. >> we are regular middle-class people. we're young, we look like and speak like the people that we're there to represent. i think that's different from what it's historically been like. >> reporter: the 116th congress is younger, more racially diverse, more female. a record-setting 127 women serving in congress, part of the midterm response to the election of donald trump.