Article 6S0PE US will have two Black women serving as senators for first time in history

US will have two Black women serving as senators for first time in history

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Dani Anguiano
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Democrats Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland both saw victories

The US will have two Black women serving as senators for the first time in American history, with the election of Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland.

Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and prosecutor who beat out the state's former Republican governor in a tight race, is the first Black senator from Maryland.

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