Delaware’s first Black female senator celebrates win: ‘The people have spoken’

Lisa Blunt Rochester won the race for Delaware’s Senate seat and will become both the first woman and first Black person to represent the state in US Congress’s upper chamber.
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Rochester is currently the state’s at-large congresswoman, and broke the same barriers when first elected in 2016. ‘The people have spoken, and we’re bringing bright hope to the United States Senate,’ said Blunt Rochester in a victory speech to supporters cheering her on

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  1. Josh Stein beats Mark Robinson in North Carolina governor’s race ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/election-results-north-carolina-governor-mark-robinson-josh-stein
    Trump ally Lauren Boebert wins House seat after changing Colorado district ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/election-lauren-boebert-colorado-house
    Florida rejects abortion rights measure as results in six states still to come ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/05/abortion-ballot-results-tracker-ban-states

  2. Delaware is where Joe Biden started out on his long and enormously corrupt political career that just ended in infamy and Hunter in desperate need of a presidential pardon. No doubt this lady will soon be a millionaire with her hands in all sorts of sordid pockets.

  3. When you think the problem is that there aren't enough women or PoC in congress, you've lost before you even started. This is NOT why our country and our congress is a cesspool of corruption, no amount of women or PoC are going to change the corruption in our government.

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