Ten historic firsts: the winning US midterm candidates making waves
Summary
The article says several candidates won U.S. midterm races that would make them the first people from their groups to hold particular state or national offices. It reports historic wins for governor and Senate seats, but the excerpt ends during its item about Ohio’s first female governor.Key Facts
- Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Rick Jackson in Georgia’s governor’s race and would become the state’s first Black governor and the country’s first Black female governor.
- Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race and would become the first Muslim member of the U.S. Senate.
- Xavier Becerra would become California’s first elected Latino governor.
- Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott in Texas’s governor’s race and would become the state’s first Latina governor and its first Democratic governor since 1990.
- Deb Haaland won New Mexico’s governor’s race and would become the first female Native American governor.
- Byron Donalds won Florida’s governor’s race and would become the state’s first Black governor.
- The article says Chris Pappas would become the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, Peggy Flanagan the first Native American woman elected to the Senate, David Crowley Wisconsin’s first Black governor, and Amy Acton Ohio’s first female governor.
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