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Historic firsts as minorities win major US midterm races
The 2026 US midterms produced numerous historic firsts, including the country's first Black female governor and its first Muslim senator.
The 2026 US midterm elections saw Democrats win control of both houses of Congress and produced a wave of historic firsts for candidates from underrepresented groups. Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, became the first Black woman elected governor in any US state, winning in Georgia. Chris Pappas won in New Hampshire to become the first openly gay man elected to the US Senate. Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Senate race to become the first Muslim US senator. Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo citizen, was elected governor of New Mexico as the first Native American female governor. Additional firsts included the first female Native American senator (in Minnesota), the first female governor of Ohio, Amy Acton, and three Black women set to serve in the US Senate for the first time: Juliana Stratton from Illinois, Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware, and Angela Alsobrooks from Maryland.
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