Sen. Wyden welcomes baby girl

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) welcomed his fifth child last week, announcing the birth on Twitter and receiving congratulations on Monday from Senate colleagues John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.).

Congratulations to Ron and Nancy Wyden on their new baby girl

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) December 3, 2012

My wife Kris & I send our warmest congratulations to Senator @ronwyden and wife Nancy on the birth of their new baby Scarlett.

— Senator Pat Toomey (@SenToomey) December 3, 2012

Wyden and his wife, Nancy, welcomed Scarlett Willa to their family on Thursday. He announced the news via tweet on Friday.

Amazing past day with both the birth of my beautiful daughter Scarlett Willa & @washingtonpost mention of my father's work as a journalist

— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) November 30, 2012

Wyden, who is 63, announced the pregnancy in an email to his staff in May, according to Oregon's local KATU. He wrote: “Yes, it sounds incredible, but YES Nancy is pregnant!”

The couple married in 2005. They have two other children together: twins born in 2007.

Updated at 2:53 p.m.

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