A historic night for minorities across US in midterm vote: Here are some of the highlights
It’s been a historic night for minorities in the US midterm elections, with a number of wins that saw the […]
It’s been a historic night for minorities in the US midterm elections, with a number of wins that saw the first Black female governor, the first openly gay male senator and the first female Native American governor, as well as the first Muslim elected to the senate, with all winning groundbreaking elections in what amounted to a major repudiation of Trump and his MAGA movement.
In the southern state of Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won the race for governor, making her the first Black woman elected to the top office in any US state.
In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim U.S. Senator in American History, defeating Republican Mike Rogers, despite facing a horrific Islamophobic campaign from Trump and the Republicans.
Trump repeatedly attacked El-Sayed over his name, calling him Mohammed as well as a ‘jihadist’.
Democrat Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the Senate. Pappas won New Hampshire’s US Senate race on Tuesday, defeating Republican John Sununu’s bid to return to the chamber after two decades.
Deb Haaland, the former interior secretary under Joe Biden, has been elected governor of New Mexico and will become the first Native American woman to govern a US state.
Haaland, a Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent Gregg Hull, 60, a businessman and the longtime mayor of the city of Rio Rancho.
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