The Senate will have two Black women at the same time

Black Women Break a Barrier in US Senate, Winning Two Seats
Two Black women, Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, have won US Senate seats representing Maryland and Delaware, breaking another barrier in a 235-year-old institution long dominated by White men.
Black Women Make U.S. Senate History
As voters awaited the results of the presidential election, the outcomes of a handful of U.S. House and Senate races have already started to reshape Congress in ways that could have huge ramifications for Black Americans.
Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. They’re among historic choices in nearly a dozen races showing Americans opting ...
The Senate Is About to Have 2 Black Women Serving at the Same Time. That’s Never Happened Before
The first Black woman elected was Carol Moseley Braun in 1992, followed by Kamala Harris, who won her seat in 2016. Sen. Laphonza Butler, set to leave Congress at the end of her term, was the third Black woman to serve in the Senate, appointed to complete late Sen. Dianne Feinstein 's term, which ends in January.
Senate to Gain Two Black Women
Democrats Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the fourth and fifth Black women to be sworn into the Senate. Alsobrooks fended off Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the Maryland contest,
2 Black women elected to Senate for the first time in U.S. history
The victories of Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks mark the first time African American women will serve together in the Senate.
Black women notch historic Senate wins; first transgender person elected to House
For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives
The Senate will have 2 Black women at the same time for the first time in history
Laphonza Butler, a longtime ally of Harris who decided to forgo a run herself for a full Senate term, said both newly minted senators' decision not to lean too much into race and gender would be “sort of Captain Obvious.
Maryland and Delaware send Black women to the Senate in historic first
Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Prince George's County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks made history Tuesday by winning their U.S. Senate races. Why it matters: This will be the first time two Black women,
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Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time
Two states elected Black women to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, making history for themselves and the country.
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Historic wins for black women in an election of key firsts
US voters have elected two black women to serve simultaneously in the US Senate for the first time and sent an openly ...
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New Haven rejected plans for the nation’s first Black college almost 200 years ago. Today, the city is weighing an apology
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