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In other words: Only three Black women have served in the Senate, and never at the same time. That's set to change when Alsobrooks, 53, and Blunt Rochester, 62, are sworn in next year.
Now, two more Black women are ready to become California State Senators. Two Black women have already won seats in the United States Senate. Lisa Blunt-Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks ...
For the first time in more than 200 years, two Black women will serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time, following the election of Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware ...
For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt ...
Black women make history in the U.S. Senate. Never in the Senate have two Black women served at the same time. Kamala Harris was only the second Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve in ...
Female candidates, particularly women of color, have long had more trouble raising funds for campaigns, Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., currently the only Black woman in the Senate, told USA TODAY.
Black Women Legislators: Top row (left to right): Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), Laura Richardson – candidate for CA State Senate ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress ...
*This fall, the Senate could make history by electing two Black women, a first since Congress was established over 200 years ago. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress ...