Firsts for women and minorities in US midterm elections

There have been a number of firsts in these midterm elections in the United States, with candidates from underrepresented groups elected to office.In New Hampshire, voters elected Chris Pappas to the US Senate, making him the first openly gay senator in the country’s history.In…

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Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, previously served as secretary of the interior under then-President Joe Biden.In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa was elected governor, becoming the first Hispanic woman to hold the office.Georgia elected Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, as governor.

Bottoms is the first Black woman to serve as governor anywhere in the US.Amy Acton, a Democrat, won office, becoming Ohio’s first female governor.Three Black women will serve for the first time in the US Senate next term, all of them Democrats: Juliana Stratton from Illinois, Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware, and Angela Alsobrooks from Maryland.

The elections, which saw Democrats make big gains, also marked firsts for women and minorities in major offices.

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