Coverage dated November 5, 2024

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts

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Never in the Senate have two Black women served at the same time. Kamala Harris was only the second Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve in the...

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Never in the Senate have two Black women served at the same time. Kamala Harris was only the second Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve in the...

  2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    2 Black women elected to Senate for the first time in U.S. history (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    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.

  3. WHAS Louisville

    Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time in history (opens WHAS Louisville)

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    The U.S. has never had two Black women serve together at the same time in the Senate.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Black women notch historic Senate wins; first transgender person elected to House (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    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

  5. NPR

    Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time (opens NPR)

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    Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — doubling the number of Black women who have been elected to the chamber.

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