The election brought a wave of historic firsts. Here are some groundbreaking winners
Summary
The article reports that the 2026 midterms produced several historic election milestones, including the election of the first Native American woman governor and the first Black woman governor. It also describes new Senate milestones and says the election results could lead to the first Black speaker of the House, while noting that one Alaska Senate race remained undecided.Key Facts
- Democrat Deb Haaland was declared the winner of New Mexico’s governor’s race, becoming the first Native American woman elected governor, according to the article.
- Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was declared the winner of Georgia’s governor’s race, which the article says made her the first Black woman elected governor.
- Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, defeated Republican Michele Tafoya and became the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
- Mary Peltola, a Yup’ik Democrat, was still seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, with votes still being counted.
- The article reports that the midterms also produced the first openly gay male U.S. senator and, by early Wednesday, the first Muslim U.S. senator.
- The article says Democrats’ election gains could result in the first Black speaker of the House.
- Haaland previously became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress in 2018 and later served as secretary of the Interior.
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