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Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for office or fictional candidates. Two biracial candidates are included: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. In 2024, two African-American women won their United States Senate races: Lisa Blunt ...
Pages in category "African-American candidates for the United States Senate" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first two African-American senators represented the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, following the American Civil War. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the Senate, was elected in 1870 [5] by the Mississippi State Legislature to succeed Albert G. Brown, who resigned during the Civil War.
Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100 people gathered recently at the The post In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat appeared first on TheGrio.
Three senators are running in a secret ballot election Wednesday for the leadership spot: Senate Minority Whip John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas, and Rick Scott of Florida.
He won the primary on May 17 but lost to incumbent Republican Rand Paul in the general election. [5] Booker is the first African American to be a major party nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. [6] Following his defeat, Booker was appointed by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to lead the Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Community ...
This was the first open race for this seat since 1970. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Delaware since 1994. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Delaware since 1994. Blunt Rochester will be both the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in the Senate, as she done previously in the House.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has the inside track for her party's nomination to the Senate against a challenge from a television actor. Michigan voters to choose party candidates for ...