“first Native American governor, Deb Haaland”
“first Black woman to be elected governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms”
“first Black woman elected Governor of a U.S. territory, Stacey Plaskett”
“first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, Chris Pappas”
YESSS!
Allison Montgomery has won Alabama's State House District 25 election, flipping the seat from Republican to Democratic.
She becomes the first transgender woman to be elected to the Alabama Legislature.
Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Greggory Hull. (via NBC)
She becomes the first Native American woman to be elected governor in U.S. history.
Just because we don’t have an insane president like Americans doesn’t make Canada an amazing wonderland. Many indigenous people purposefully don’t have access to to drinking water and are still extremely marginalized
Voters in Minnesota are leaving their 'I Voted' stickers at the memorials of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the two Minnesotans shot and killed by ICE.
(via @MinnPost)
Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Georgia gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Rick Jackson. (via NBC)
She becomes the first Black woman to be elected governor in U.S. history.