By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
Democrat Aaron Ford is projected to have won the Nevada gubernatorial election against incumbent Republican Joe Lombardo, according to an Associated Press projection. The state’s attorney general would become Nevada’s first Black governor after an election marked by concerns over the cost of living.
Democrat David Crowley won Wisconsin’s governorship with 53.6% of the vote, against 46.4% for Republican Tom Tiffany. He becomes the state’s first black governor after a closely fought campaign, according to the Associated Press, which announced his victory with 84% of ballots counted.
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Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Greg Abbott in the Texas governor’s election, according to Associated Press projections. She becomes the first woman of Latino origin to lead the state and ends more than 30 years of Republican rule, after Abbott conceded defeat.
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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia gubernatorial election against Republican Rick Jackson, according to Tuko, Africanews and Tribune Online, citing NBC News, CNN or AP News. She becomes the first Black woman elected governor of a US state and returns the office to the Democrats after more than two decades of Republican control. Tribune Online puts the break after nearly three decades, since 1998.
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Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s Democratic lieutenant governor, won the Senate election with 53.71% of the provisional vote, against 43.55% for Republican Michele Tafoya. She becomes the first Indigenous woman elected to the US Senate and will take office in January 2027, according to Associated Press projections.
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Ukraine: school bombing kills 37 in KomychouvakhaThe bombing of a shelter set up in a school in Komychouvakha, in Zaporizhzhia oblast, killed 37 people, according to the Ukrainian authorities. A three-tonne guided bomb struck the site on Monday during an aid distribution, Le Monde reports.The week in Africa
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