Lisa Blunt Rochester Makes History, Will Become Delaware’s First Black Female Senator

Lisa Blunt Rochester Makes History, Will Become Delaware’s First Black Female Senator

Essence Magazine:

By Kizzy Cox ·Updated November 5, 2024

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester has joined the rarified ranks of Black women who’ve served in the U.S. Senate in a night of historic firsts.  She defeated her Republican opponent Eric Hansen and Independent Mike Katz, reports the Associated Press.

Blunt Rochester, who made

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