US midterms produce four historic firsts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
The 3 November US midterm elections produced four firsts in political representation, including Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the first Black woman governor of a state and Peggy Flanagan the first Native American woman elected to the Senate. Chris Pappas and Abdul El-Sayed also made history for gay and Muslim representation in the US Senate.
The US midterm elections held on 3 November saw Chris Pappas of New Hampshire become the first openly gay man to enter the upper chamber of Congress, and Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan become the first Muslim to serve there, La Presse de Tunisie reports. Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of a US state, while Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American woman elected to the Senate.
The elections thus marked firsts in US federal executive and legislative offices. Chris Pappas was elected in New Hampshire, where he already held elected office, while Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Senate seat, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
The 3 November results followed the election of Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia’s first Black governor and Peggy Flanagan, the United States’ first Indigenous senator, announced on 4 November.
