WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Tuesday’s election results weren’t just a blue wave but a reckoning, with Democrats winning control of the House and Senate and historic Black victories across several states.
Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history.
“So, Georgia, I have said over the past few days, ‘if I were your woman.’ Well, now I am your woman, and here is what I will do. I will never, ever, ever stop loving you,” Bottoms said in her victory speech.
Democrats Aaron Ford in Nevada and David Crowley in Wisconsin, along with Republican Byron Donalds in Florida, became the first Black candidates elected governor in their respective states.
In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is now in line to become the first Black speaker of the House.
In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom’s Senate race against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith remains too close to call.
