Reality check on that "next woman candidate" thing. Women tend to rise to positions of power 10 or more years later than their male counterparts - if they're not being pulled up by some family connection slightly earlier.

Lisa Murkowski - daughter of Senator
Nancy Pelosi - daughter of mayor, husband's brother on San Francisco board
Dianne Feinstein - became mayor through previous mayor's assassination
Susan Collins - daughter of mayor/state senator
Kirsten Gillibrand - grew out of Albany political machine
Maria Cantwell - father held several influential positions, including Andrew Jacobs' CoS

Patty Murray - self-made, state senator at 39, Senate at 43
Kamala Harris - self-made, California AG at 46, Senator at 52
Elizabeth Warren - self-made, advisory roles from age 36; senate at age 63
Shelly Moore Capito - self-made, West VA house 43, Senate 57
Mazie Hirono - self-made, state congress 34, Lt Gov 47, Congress 60, Senate 67
Deb Fischer - self-made (entered politics at 54)
Joni Ernst - self-made (state senate at 41)
Tammy Duckworth - self-made, Illinois Veteran's Affairs at 38, Congress at 44
Heidi Heitkamp - self-made, Senator at 57 (state AG 10 years before)
Claire McCaskill - self-made, Senate at 53
Kirsten Gillibrand - self-made, House at 40, Senate 42 (special election to replace Hillary)

Ted Cruz - Bush Administration, age 29
Marco Rubio - Florida House, age 27
Jeb Bush - Governor age 45
Barack Obama - state senate, 36
Jerry Brown - governor 37
Mike Pence - Congress 41 (after failed elections 9 & 11 years before)
Andrew Cuomo - secretary of HUD, 40
Anthony Weiner - Congress, 32
Rick Santorum - Congress, 33
Joe Biden - Senate, 30  (btw, in his 20's he was a Republican - anyone ever complain about that? Goldwater guy?)
Ted Kennedy - Senate, 30
Newt Gingrich - House, 35 (after 2 losses)
Mitch McConnell - Senate, 42
Paul Ryan - House, 28
Russ Feingold - Wisconsin Senate 29, Senate 39
Scott Walker - Governor, 43
Chris Christie - Governor, 47