Maura Healey
Democrat Maura Healey, 51, is the winner of the Massachusetts gubernatorial race, she is the First lesbian in being elected governor.
Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative who had the backing of Donald Trump. His victory ends eight years of Republican leadership after Charlie Baker opted not to seek re-election.
She is one of the Two openly lesbian candidates who have run for governor this year. Tina Kotek is running for governor in Oregon.
Healey is the second woman to serve as governor of Massachusetts: Republican Jane Swift was elected in 2001.
During his campaign, Healey pledged to make child care more affordable, expand job training programs and expressed his views on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade overturn in June, and his desire for access to safe and legal abortion in his state.
Katie Britt
Republican candidate Katie Britt, 40, will be the Alabama’s first woman in serving in the United States Senate.
“I feel moved, honored and grateful,” Katie Britt told fans.
Britt will replace Sen. Richard Shelby, who retires at the end of this term after 36 years in the Senate. Vsentenced Democrat Will Boyd to secure the position.
“I feel moved, honored and grateful,” she told supporters.
58 women They have served until now as U.S. senators since the first was elected in 1932, in a chamber that has 100 members.
Britt said she would be the only Republican woman with school-age children in the Senate, pledging to build a better future for young people and calling 2022 “the year of the fathers.”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 40, a name that will be familiar to many because of her time as President Trump’s Press Secretary, won the race for governor of Arkansas, making her the first woman to hold that position in the state.
She faced Democratic rival Chris Jones and was the frontrunner in the predominantly Republican state.
Sanders succeeds his Republican colleague Asa Hutchinson, who will leave office in January due to term limits.
Although she is the first woman to become governor of Arkansas, Sanders is no stranger to the governor’s mansion, as her father, Mike Huckabee, held the position from 1996 to 2007.
Sanders broke the record for fundraising for Arkansas governor by raising more than $9 million and vowed to use the post to fight President Joe Biden and the “radical left.”
Wes Moore
Democrat Wes Moore, 44, also made history as the Maryland’s first black governor. He is only the third black governor elected in the nation’s 246-year history, along with Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and Douglas Wilder of Virginia.
Moore is a best-selling author and former head of the anti-poverty organization Robin Hood.
On Tuesday night he told his supporters: “It doesn’t escape me that I’ve done some history here tonight. But I also know I’m not the first to try.”
“I am honored to be a part of this legacy. That’s not why we entered this race. The story that matters most to us is the story that we and the people of this state are going to make in the next four years.”
Markwayne Mullin
Republican Markwayne Mullin, 35, made history as the First native senator American from Oklahoma in almost 100 years.
The seat has been held by Republicans since 1987.
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Mullin was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and became part of the Congressional Native American Caucus.
The last Native American candidate to serve in the Senate was Ben “Nighthorse” Campbell of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. He retired in 2005 after two terms as a senator and three terms in the House of Representatives.
James Roesener
James Roesener, 26, became the First openly transgender man elected to any state legislature in the history of the country.
Roesener es uNot a record number of trans candidates running for office this year.
He is fighting for the right to access abortion in his state, New Hampshire, the right to equal pay for women and supporting legislation that guarantees the protection of same-sex rights, including protection from same-sex marriage recognition.
Kathy Hochul
Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul won the election in New York, the First woman to be voted for the highest office in the state.
Hochul took office in August 2021 after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment.
He has promised to focus on housing, reduce gun violence and create economic opportunity in his first full term, as well as protect abortion rights.
Delia Ramirez
Democratic state Rep. Delia Ramirez, 39, will be the first Latina elected to the Illinois State Congress.
“We just made history tonight,” Ramirez told supporters on election night. “We broke a glass ceiling.”
In 2018, Ramirez became the first Guatemalan American elected to the Illinois General Assembly.
