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[41] [42] On May 22, she won the Democratic nomination, making her the first Black woman in the U.S. to be a major party's nominee for governor. [8] After winning the primary, Abrams secured a number of high-profile endorsements, including one from former president Barack Obama. [43] [44]
Overall, 31 of the 50 U.S. states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected an African American to represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Rhode Island being the most recent to elect its first (in 2023); out of these, 23 states, plus U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected ...
From 1979 to 1993, there were no black members of the United States Senate. Between 1993 and 2010, three black members of the Illinois Democratic Party would hold Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat at different times. Carol Moseley Braun entered the Senate in 1993 and was the first African-American woman in the Senate. [5] She served one term.
Georgia: June 1, 1997: January 10, 2011: Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor of Georgia [10] Karen Freeman-Wilson (1960–present) Democratic: Indiana: June 8, 2000: January 14, 2001: Lost reelection [11] Peter C. Harvey (1952–present) Democratic: New Jersey: June 16, 2003: January 30, 2006: Retired. [12] Kamala Harris (1964–present ...
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 ]
Of over 495 sister voters polled, more than 87 percent said they’re likely to vote Jan. 5, a runoff that’ll decide Senate control. Almost 90 percent of Black women polled in a new survey say ...
OPINION: Understanding what went wrong with Stacey Abrams’ second attempt to govern the Peach State requires a discussion of the misleading myths about Black male voters, a Democratic Georgia ...
Lucia Kay McBath (née Holman; born June 1, 1960) is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives from a district in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, since 2019. She represented Georgia's 6th congressional district from 2019 to 2023 and since 2025, and has represented the neighboring 7th district from 2023 ...