Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — ...
Blunt Rochester, a Democrat who currently represents the at-large congressional district of Delaware, becomes the first woman ...
Eight years ago, Blunt-Rochester first made history in Congress as the first Black person and woman elected to represent ...
Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks were two of three Black women running as Democrats for open Senate seats. Valerie McCray ran ...
Alsobrooks was introduced by her daughter, Alexandra, and told cheering supporters at her victory: “I don’t have enough words ...
House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to claw ... Voters elected two Black women to ...
Currently, Laphonza Butler of California is the only Black woman serving in the ... said the race in Delaware was closely ...
Two Black women, Laura Richardson and Akilah Weber, are on pace to become California State Senators, while Lisa ...
California’s state Senate will be at least 50% women for the first time in history and, depending on a few undecided races, ...
California’s Senate will reach gender parity, but depending on the outcome of some close contests, that could extend to the ...
What is a milestone like gender parity for, if not a moment like this?” said Susannah Delano, executive director of Close the ...