The Women of Color Who Made History on Election Night
While the midterm elections weren't perfect for women—Stacey Abrams' gubernatorial race in Georgia is still undecided and anti-abortion measures were passed in Alabama and West Virginia—they were still very good. Here are some of the key results:
Ayanna Pressley (D) has been elected to the U.S. House. She will be the first Black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress after defeating a 10-term Congressman in her primary to win the Democratic nomination pic.twitter.com/TJ9aIALiMS
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 7, 2018
NOT A DRILL: We officially have a lesbian, Native American, former MMA-fighting Congresswoman in Kansas! Well done, Sharice Davids! #ElectionDay https://t.co/DB5N0yrTv3
— Lambda Legal (@LambdaLegal) November 7, 2018
Congrats to @Electpadmakuppa on winning her election and becoming the first Indian American woman elected to the Michigan state Legislature! pic.twitter.com/mtr6LqSxES
— EMILY's List (@emilyslist) November 7, 2018
Democrat Jahana Hayes, a teacher, won a House seat in Connecticut’s 5th District, becoming one of the first black congresswomen from a New England state. Democrat Ayanna Pressley, who won in Massachusetts’s 7th District, is the other history-making winner. https://t.co/VYApyKs3ug
— The Lily (@thelilynews) November 7, 2018
.@sharicedavids & @Deb4CongressNM become the first two Native American women elected to Congress! So excited to be celebrating even MORE fierce, kickass women of color leading the way. #ElectionNight ? https://t.co/BFSKRWj4EE
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) November 7, 2018
HISTORY MADE: Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar just joined Michigan's Rashida Tlaib to become the first Muslim women elected to Congress! #ElectionNight https://t.co/TcZFOaDKf3
— UltraViolet (@UltraViolet) November 7, 2018
BREAKING: Rashida Tlaib is the first Palestinian-American woman and the first Muslim woman ever elected to U.S. Congress. #Midterms2018 pic.twitter.com/EEOuMTMibE
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 7, 2018
Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar made congressional history Tuesday night as the first-ever Latinas elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House. https://t.co/A9mtC46irI #Midterms2018 #ElectionDay #Election2018 #tx2018
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 7, 2018
Pro-choice majority maker @IlhanMN was just elected as the nation's first Somali-American congresswomen AND one of the first two Muslim congresswomen ever elected! Congratulations, Ilhan! #ElectionNight #MN05 pic.twitter.com/XuNR78vWi6
— NARAL (@NARAL) November 7, 2018
.@Ocasio2018 just became the youngest woman elected to Congress. Ever.
— Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus) November 7, 2018
This is history. So proud of you, Representative-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! pic.twitter.com/LeqSpHbznL
1st black woman elected to Congress from MA: Ayanna Pressley
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 7, 2018
1st Latinas elected to Congress from TX: Sylvia Garcia + Veronica Escobar
1st Native American woman elected to Congress: Sharice Davids
1st Muslim women elected to Con: Ilhan Omar + Rashida Tlaib https://t.co/WnqT3goZOh
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When you consider the rampant voter suppression and gerrymandering at work to stop this, you must celebrate. Many forces tried to make sure this didn’t happen. But it did. Everything won’t be won tonight. But if you can’t see the light in this darkness, you really aren’t looking. https://t.co/ExSIQJ9mQz
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 7, 2018
And again Black women are shown to be the true face of progressivism in America ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/3z5HRXCQIg
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) November 7, 2018