Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate after she defeated Republican Eric Hansen and independent candidate Mike Katz, NBC News projects. Blunt Rochester,

In the Delaware Senate race, Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester has won. Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. Only three other Black women have served in the Senate,

Delaware’s U.S. Senate race stands to be a historic one, as U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester is poised to become the state’s first Black person and first woman U.S. Senator. If elected, she’ll be the fourth-ever Black woman to sit in the U.