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Morning, readers—election results are in with a record for Black women in the Senate, voter support for abortion rights, and the election of Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. Thanks for being ...
Democratic Delaware Senate candidate state Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
They made the primary ballot, and have votes in the election in order to qualify for this list. 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 ...
The elections were held together with other federal, state, and local elections, including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate, as part of the 2024 United States general election. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among states based on the 2020 United ...
Carr believes the first Black woman election night winner announced Tuesday night will be Blunt Rochester in Delaware. Polls indicate Blunt Rochester, a current Democratic member of the U.S. House ...
In 2021, as stated by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 27 Black women will serve in the 117th Congress, doubling the number of Black women to serve in 2011. [36] In 2014, Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to Congress for the Republican Party. [37]
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester could become the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Delaware. She would also become only the fourth Black woman to serve in the Senate in its ...
2020–2024 The first out trans person to be elected to public office in West Virginia, elected in June 2020. [78] Evelyn Rios Stafford Democratic: Washington County, Arkansas: Justice of the Peace 2021–present First trans woman elected in Arkansas and one of first elected Latina women in the state [79] Christopher Kalcich Selinsgrove ...