Tuesday’s midterm results saw several historic firsts across the country.
A record number of Black candidates ran up and down the ballot and across party lines, strides in LGBTQ representation were made and gender barriers were broken.
Here are 10 candidates that broke glass ceilings in their races this year.
Army veteran and best-selling author Wes Moore (D) [above] was elected Maryland’s first Black governor and becomes only the third Black person to be elected governor of a state. He defeated Trump-backed conservative Dan Cox.
Moore rose to the top of his party’s primary in July, when he beat out 10 other candidates. His campaign had the support of celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, and the Democratic Governors Association had invested heavily in his campaign.
The former CEO of one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty organizations, Moore’s win flips the governor’s mansion blue.
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