The candidates who made history: The true results of the mid-term elections in the US held last night will be officially published in the coming weeks, but it is already possible to declare the victory of some candidates in some states in the US, including those who managed to make history and represent various minorities that until now had almost no representation in the American legislature.
According to CNN, both parties have been trying to diversify their lists of nominees, both in and out of Congress, and they seem to be on their way to doing so. Republicans are excited to increase their list of governors and elect more Latinas to the US House of Representatives, while Democrats are on their way to making a breakthrough for LGBTQ representation in the governor’s office.
An impressive achievement was recorded in Massachusetts, There, Democrat Maura Healy was elected the first elected governor of the state and the first lesbian state administrator in the country. in maryland, Democrat Wes Moore will be the state’s first African-American governor. In doing so, he will become only the third black person to be elected governor in US history. Connecticut Democrat Stephanie Thomas will be Connecticut’s first black woman elected secretary of state.
in Florida, 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation Z to be elected to Congress, CNN predicts, and will win the open seat of Florida’s 10th Congressional District. In New York, Democrat Kathy Hochul will be the first governor-elect, CNN predicts, to serve a full four-year term in the job she assumed last year after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned.
also in arkansas An achievement was recorded when Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s former White House press secretary, was elected the state’s first governor, CNN predicts. Sanders will take on the position that her father previously held for over a decade and thus will also be the first daughter in US history to serve as governor of the same country that her father once led.
CNN also predicts that Republican Leslie Rutledge will be the first woman elected lieutenant governor Arkansas. With the election of Sanders and Rutledge, Arkansas will join Massachusetts as the first states to have women serve concurrently as governor and lieutenant governor.
Also, CNN predicts that in alabama Republican Katie Britt will be the state’s first elected senator. Two women have previously represented Alabama in the Senate, but both were appointed as alternates.
Another impressive achievement was registered by the Republican Markwayne Mullin, who will be the first Indian senator from oklahoma For almost 100 years, according to CNN’s prediction.
in California, Democrat Alex Padilla will be the first elected Latino senator to win a special election for the remainder of Kamala Harris’ term as well as an election to a full six-year term. Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrant parents, was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the seat vacated by Harris when she became vice president.
CNN further predicts that Democrat Shirley Weber will be the first black secretary of state California. Weber has been in the position since last year, after Newsom chose her to replace Padilla, who was appointed to the US Senate.
CNN also predicts that Democrat Robert Garcia will be the first LGBT immigrant to be elected to Congress on behalf of California. Garcia, who immigrated from Lima, Peru, in the early 1980s at the age of 5, is the current mayor of Long Beach.