#Lisa Blunt Rochester

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6 Historic Moments From The 2024 Election News Buzz

The 2024 election brought some historic victories for the country on Tuesday, which will see Congress welcome its first openly trans member and the Senate its first Korean American. Here are some of the groundbreaking candidates elected on Tuesday: It’s the first time in history two Black women will serve together in the Senate. It’s also the first time Delaware will have a female…

[the-lost-kids]

ok i know im the one who always complains that delaware is seen as so irrelevant in politics by out of state people but sometimes i think it is time for all of you to stop sharing your unresearched opinions on sarah mcbride

[moonrver]

(McBride has replaced Blunt-Rochester in the House but only because Blunt-Rochester ran for Senate and is now one of the Delaware Senators. Blunt-Rochester has not been ousted)

[unforth]

Everything feels awful right now but it isn't really. We still don't officially have a winner, but regardless of how the presidential election ends up, I wanted to take a minute and find what lights I can in the 3 a.m. darkness. Here's what I know:

* Kentucky overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to undermine the public education system by offering private school vouchers:

* Delaware has elected a transgender woman to the House of Representatives, the first out trans person of any gender ever elected to congress:

* For the first time in history, two Black women will be serving in the senate at the same time, and they are only the fourth and fifth Black women ever elected to the senate:

* New York State has passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the rights of pregnant people (including the right to an abortion), LGBTQIA+ people, the disabled, immigrants regardless of legal status, and other at-risk groups:

* Democrat Josh Stein has beaten self-avowed Nazi Mark Robinson to become governor of North Carolina:

That's everything I know off the top of my head. It's not many bright spots, but it's not zero. I'm going to try to find more and I'll add them to the post. It's the only thing I can think of to do that isn't sobbing and throwing up or looking up Canadian immigration rules.

If you know more good news, I encourage you to add it in reblogs.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Some snippets of good news (sorry for no sources, grabbing things from Twitter here)

• New York and Maryland have passed measures to protect abortion

• Ruben Gallego is projected to defeat Kari Lake for a much-needed Democratic Senate gain in Arizona (replacing Kysten Sinema, who had become an independent)

• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.

• Angela Alsobrooks will become the first black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate.

• ^This is the first time 2 black women have been elected to the US Senate at the same time. Only 3 black women have served in the Senate before them: Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, and Laphonza Butler, who is a current Senator (D-CA).

*Update:

• Sarah McBride (D-DE) will become the first transgender person to serve in the US House of Representatives.

[microcosmtoxin]

election good news

in delaware, sarah mcbride became the first openly trans person to be elected to the us congress

in north carolina, democrat josh stein will defeat self proclaimed "black nazi" and "pervert" mark robinson for the governorship

new york, maryland, and colorado all added reproductive right protections to their state constitution through a vote on an amendment

for the first time in history, two black women will serve in the senate, newly elected lisa blunt rochester (de) and angela alsobrooks (md)

kentucky rejected a constitutional amendment which would undermine public education by forcing public school dollars to go to non-public school

former democratic states attorney of florida monique worrell won her job back after ron desantis forced her out

palestine supporter bernie sanders won his fourth term in the senate representing vermont

despite fears, there have been no reports of any political violence or widescale voter intimidation and fraud

you will still wake up tomorrow

[cyarsk52-20]

Check out our new generation of Dem Senators ready to get to work for the people! (L-R Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester, Adam Schiff, Elissa Slotkin, Andy Kim, Ruben Gallego, Angela Alsobrooks)

and Tell Gavin we have two Black women to fill VP Harris Senate seat now, since he betrayed us Black women, twice! But we won’t forget when you want to be President!

[banji-effect]

I know it's comparatively small potatoes, but I am very glad Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester won their races

[sayjoisme84]

Some positive, in my opinion, things that happened during the election.

Other stuff outside of the shitshow presidential race. the Democratic Party only has itself to blame. I’m not going to try and guilt people who didn’t vote or voted 3rd party. A lot of them were people being deliberately ignored by the Democratic Party so I kind of get it. Things are not going to change by attacking people and being treated like crap was part of the initial problem. If we continue to do it, it’ll make things worse than they’re going to be.

Not a complete list

🧿1st out transgender congress woman elected in Delaware

🧿Arizona, Missouri voted to protected abortion rights until fetal viability

🧿New York, Maryland, Montana, Colorado and Nevada passed amendments to protect abortion rights in their constitution

🧿2black women will serve in the Senate at the same time for the first time, Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware) Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland)

🧿Equal rights in voting proposition passed in New York, they changed the wording to be more thorough. (Proposition 1)

Amendment G passed in Colorado which allows more disabled veterans access to state property tax exemptions, Amendment H sets up a judicial dicipline board, Colorado also removed the same sex marriage ban from their constitution,

Same sex marriage protected in California, Medi-Cal and climate projects got more funding,

[loveerran]

2013 was the first year 2 black Senators were serving in the Senate at the same time. Ever. And they were both appointed by governors and not elected. Now we have 5 elected:

Raphael Warnock, Tim Scott, Cory Booker and (newly elected) Lisa Blunt Rochester (left) and Angela Alsobrooks (right)! This will be the first time two black women serve in the Senate together:

Special shout-out to outgoing senator Laphonza Butler, appointed to replace Kamala Harris and the first openly LGBT black Senator:

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Orion Rummler at The 19th:

WILMINGTON — Sarah McBride won Delaware’s at-large U.S. House seat on Tuesday, Decision Desk HQ projects. She campaigned on expanding Delawareans’ access to health care — an effort on which she has focused her career in the state’s 1st Senate district. In January, McBride will be sworn in as the first out transgender member of Congress. 

McBride’s ascension marks yet another milestone for the millennial state legislator. As the country’s first out transgender state senator, the first transgender person to speak at the Democratic National Convention and the first out trans woman to intern at the White House, McBride has repeatedly broken barriers in politics and proven that voters are ready to elect transgender candidates into elected office.   Although McBride didn’t run for Congress to make history, the significance of her campaign for transgender Americans during a time of intense political backlash has propelled a national following behind her. That includes Daisy Hollman and Jimmy Fitzpatrick, two Californians who knocked on hundreds of doors for McBride across Delaware the week before Election Day. 

[...] This election for Delaware’s seat in the House of Representatives had no incumbent for the first time in years, as U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester stepped down to run for Delaware’s open Senate seat. McBride was projected to be the winner early on; she had robust fundraising and amassed key endorsements from state political leaders, including Blunt Rochester. Democrats have held Delaware’s at-large House seat for over a decade.  On the campaign trail, McBride called for increased federal investments to support nurses, primary care physicians and independent health care clinics in Delaware. She touted her accomplishments as a state senator, including the passage of a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program and a recently signed law that is expected to generate more than $100 million in new Medicaid funding for Delaware. 

She faced a Republican opponent who endorsed transphobic policies. John Whalen III, a retired police officer, staked his campaign on cutting federal spending and restricting immigration. He also publicly endorsed Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Trump administration. The plan equates the act of being transgender — or “transgender ideology” — to pornography. 

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D) made herstory by being the first trans person to be elected to Congress by winning the DE-AL seat.

[hotmonkeelove]

I did receive an email with somethings to celebrate:

Delaware Representative Sarah McBride, who will be the first transgender member of Congress.

Texas Representative Julie Johnson, who will be the first openly LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South. 

Washington State Representative Emily Randall who will be the first Latina lesbian in Congress.

Maryland Senator-Elect Angela Alsobrooks who will be the first Black person elected to the Senate from Maryland.

Delaware Senator-Elect Lisa Blunt Rochester who will be the first woman and first Black person elected from Delaware.

Virginia Representative Suhas Subramanyam who will be the first Indian American elected to Congress from Virginia.

New Jersey Senator-Elect Andy Kim who will be the first Korean-American elected to the Senate and first Asian-American senator from New Jersey.

Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari who will be the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress.

North Carolina Governor-Elect Josh Stein who will be the first Jewish person elected governor of North Carolina.

Congratulations!

[reality-detective]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟵 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 (𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀)

1. Ruben Gallego

2. Debbie Lesko

3. Tony Cardenas

4. Anna Eshoo

5. Barbara Lee

6. Grace F. Napolitano

7. Katie Porter

8. Adam Schiff

9. Ken Buck

10. Lisa Blunt Rochester

11. Jim Banks

12. Victoria Spartz

13. John Sarbanes

14. David Trone

15. Dan Kildee

16. Elissa Slotkin

17. Dean Phillips

18. Andy Kim

19. Brian Higgins

20. George Santos

21. Dan Bishop

22. Jeff Jackson

23. Bill Johnson

24. Brad Wenstrup

25. Earl Blumenauer

26. Colin Allred

27. Michael C. Burgess

28. Kay Granger

29. Sheila Jackson Lee

30. Abigail Spanberger

31. Jennifer Wexton

32. Derek Kilmer

33. Alex Mooney

34. Joe Manchin

35. Tom Carper

36. Mike Braun

37. Ben Cardin

38. Mitt Romney

39. Debbie Stabenow

- Ezra A. Cohen

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U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester defeated Republican Eric Hansen in Delaware’s U.S. Senate race on Tuesday.