Maryland and Delaware send Black women to the Senate

Maryland and Delaware send Black women to the Senate in historic first
Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Prince George's County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks made history Tuesday by winning their U.S. Senate races. Why it matters: This will be the first time two Black women,
In Maryland, Angela Alsobrooks wins, makes history in US Senate race
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday in the state’s costliest U.S. Senate race ever. She will be Maryland’s first Black senator.
Black Women Break a Barrier in US Senate, Winning Two Seats
Two Black women, Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, have won US Senate seats representing Maryland and Delaware, breaking another barrier in a 235-year-old institution long dominated by White men.
Black women candidates are vying to make history in the US Senate
Three Black women, all Democrats, have served in the U.S. Senate. Two were elected ‒ Carol Moseley Braun from Illinois, who served from 1993 to 1999, and Kamala Harris from California, who served from 2017 to 2021 and left to become vice president.
Black Women Notch Historic Senate Wins in an Election Year Defined by Potential Firsts
For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives
Senate to Gain Two Black Women
Democrats Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the fourth and fifth Black women to be sworn into the Senate. Alsobrooks fended off Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the Maryland contest,
The Senate will have 2 Black women at the same time for the first time in history
Laphonza Butler, a longtime ally of Harris who decided to forgo a run herself for a full Senate term, said both newly minted senators' decision not to lean too much into race and gender would be “sort of Captain Obvious.
Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester Become First Two Black in Senate at Same Time
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Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time in history
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