matter. reporter: a turn for a rising democratic star. hill was a first time candidate last year, a millennial. and outraised the republican incomb incumbent by millions promising change. he flipped california s 25th congressional district, a los angeles suburb dotted by quaint streets and communities, and hill was among the record setting 127 women elected in the 2018 mid-terms, part of the response to the election of donald trump. i don t know. i m not saying we would, hopefully not but it just doesn t help. reporter: some democrats in hill s district say personal issues no longer matter in the trump era. as long as she s doing what we put her in office to do, that s all i care about. i d rather have someone f-something that the than rather
writes, i know even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate but i still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment. for that i apologize. hill wrote the public letter after a conservative blog 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 di
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.