Democrats Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland both saw victories
, 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.. While three others have served before, including Carol Moseley Braun, Laphonza Butler and Kamala Harris, there has never been more than one Black woman in the Senate at a time.
Blunt Rochester, who was also the first Black person and first woman from Delaware elected to Congress, highlighted those women in a victory speech during a Tuesday evening election party where she was greeted by supporters chanting “LBR”. “We are a country that is strengthened over time by the soul and sacrifice of those who serve and by all of those who came before us,” she said.
“As I prepare to step foot on that trail blazed by three strong Black women senators who came before us – Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and Senator Laphonza Butler – I have a message to the young people who are standing up, speaking up and giving your all for your country and the world,” she said. “I see you, I’m grateful to you and you’ve got next.”Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks have said they became friends as they’ve campaigned in their respective states.
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