Washington State may not have been involved in the Massachusetts senatorial election campaign this week, but the effects are even more far-reaching than just health care: Scott Brown has just replaced our very own Jr. Senator, Maria Cantwell, as the sexiest Senator in the Senate.

I am guessing that he was given the edge because of his racy (aka naked) photo-shoot in Cosmopolitan magazine years ago and the fact that Cosmopolitan ranked him as the number one sexiest man alive in 1982. Personally, I am hopeful that Senator Cantwell will concede her Sexiest-Senator title gracefully and not try to compete by pulling out any new or past nude or semi-nude photo-spreads of her own.

I am also hopeful that the loss of her “title” (which was bestowed upon her by the readers of the Huffington Post in June) will not affect her able to legislate effectively (aka kick some Republican ass) and also that the Republicans will be so swayed by Scott Brown’s beauty that they will forget their own intentions in electing him in the first place.

What do you think? Is Senator Brown really the sexiest Senator?