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(Trends Wide) — While the overall results of the midterm elections may not be known for hours or even days in some places, candidates from both parties are already celebrating historic victories.
Heading into Election Day, both parties were seeking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond, and appear to be well on their way to doing so.
Republicans are excited about increasing their slate of women governors and electing more Latino members to the US House of Representatives. Democrats are on track to make a breakthrough for LGBTQ representation in governors’ offices.
In Massachusetts, the state’s Democratic Attorney General, Maura Healey, is poised to become the state’s first elected governor and the nation’s first lesbian state executive. Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former Trump White House press secretary, was elected the first female governor of Arkansas. And Maryland Democrat Wes Moore will be the state’s first black governor.
Election results are still coming in, and the results of many contests will not be known for days, if not weeks. But for now, here’s a look at the candidates Trends Wide projects will make history in the 2022 midterms.
This list will be updated as more winners are projected.
Alabama
Senate: Republican Katie Britt will be Alabama’s first elected female senator, Trends Wide projects, winning an open race to succeed her former boss, retiring Republican Sen. Richard Shelby. Britt is a former executive director of the Alabama Business Council and was the overwhelming favorite in the general election in the deep red state. Two women have previously represented Alabama in the Senate, but both were appointed to fill vacancies.
Arkansas
Governorate: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the first woman elected governor of Arkansas, Trends Wide projects, winning the position her father previously held for more than a decade. Sanders, who gained a national profile in her role as Trump White House press secretary, is also the first daughter in US history to serve as governor of the same state her father once led.
Deputy Governor: Republican Leslie Rutledge will be the first woman elected lieutenant governor of Arkansas, Trends Wide projects. Rutledge, the state attorney general, originally sought the open governorship, but she switched to the lieutenant governorship race after Sanders entered the Republican gubernatorial primary. Lieutenant Governors are elected on separate tickets in Arkansas.
With the election of Sanders and Rutledge, Arkansas will join Massachusetts as the first states to have women serve simultaneously as governor and lieutenant governor.
California
Senate: Democrat Alex Padilla will be California’s first elected Latino senator, Trends Wide projects, winning a special election for the remainder of Kamala Harris’ term, as well as an election for a full six-year term. Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrant parents, was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the seat Harris vacated when she became vice president.
Secretary of state: Democrat Shirley Weber will be California’s first elected black secretary of state, Trends Wide projects. Weber, a former state assemblywoman, has held the position since last year after Newsom chose her to succeed Padilla, who was appointed to the US Senate.
Fiscal general: Democrat Rob Bonta will be California’s first elected Filipino-American attorney general, Trends Wide projects. Bonta, who was born in the Philippines and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was a baby, has held the position since last year after Newsom appointed him to succeed Xavier Becerra, who left to become health secretary. and Human Services from President Joe Biden.
State Congress: Democrat Robert Garcia will be the first LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress, Trends Wide projects, by winning the race for California’s 42nd Congressional District. Garcia, who immigrated from Lima, Peru, in the early 1980s at age 5, is the current mayor of Long Beach.
Connecticut
Secretary of state: Democrat Stephanie Thomas will be the first black woman elected as Connecticut’s secretary of state, Trends Wide projects. Thomas, a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, will succeed Democratic incumbent designate Mark Kohler.
Florida
State Congress: Democrat Maxwell Frost, 25, will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, Trends Wide projects, winning the open seat for Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Generation Z refers to those born after 1996. Frost will succeed Democrat Val Demings, who vacated the seat to run for Senate.
Illinois
State Congress: Democrat Delia Ramírez will be the first Latina elected to Congress from Illinois, Trends Wide projects, winning the election for the state’s redrawn 3rd Congressional District. Ramírez, a state representative from the Chicago area and the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, was also the first Guatemalan American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.
Maryland
Governorate: Democrat Wes Moore will be the first black governor of Maryland, Trends Wide projects, becoming only the third black person elected governor in US history. Moore, an Army veteran and former nonprofit executive, will succeed Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for a limited term.
Deputy Governor: Democrat Aruna Miller will be Maryland’s first Asian-American lieutenant governor, Trends Wide projects. Miller, who immigrated to the US with her family from India when she was a child, is a former member of the state House of Delegates. She was chosen on the same ticket as Moore.
Fiscal general: Anthony Brown will be the first black person elected Maryland’s attorney general, according to Trends Wide projects. Brown, who currently represents Maryland’s 5th Congressional District, has long been a fixture in state politics, also serving as lieutenant state governor and in the state House and running for governor in 2014.
Massachusetts
Governorate: Democrat Maura Healey will be the first openly lesbian female governor in US history, Trends Wide projects, winning an open race for governor of Massachusetts. Healey, the current attorney general of Massachusetts, will also be the first elected female governor of the commonwealth.
With the election of Healey and her running mate, Kim Driscoll, Massachusetts will join Arkansas as the first states to have women serve simultaneously as governor and lieutenant governor.
State Congress: Democrat Andrea Campbell will be the first black woman elected attorney general of Massachusetts, Trends Wide projects. Campbell, who ran for mayor of Boston last year, was previously the first black woman to serve as president of the Boston City Council.
Michigan
State Congress: Democrat Shri Thanedar will be the first Indian-American elected to Congress from Michigan, Trends Wide projects, winning election to the state’s 13th congressional district. Thaneder, who immigrated to the US from India, was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2020 and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
New York
Governorate: Democrat Kathy Hochul will be New York’s first elected governor, Trends Wide projects, winning a full four-year term in office that she took over last year after Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned. Hochul, who previously served as the state’s lieutenant governor and congresswoman from the Buffalo area, will defeat Republican Lee Zeldin.
Ohio
State Congress: Democrat Marcy Kaptur will win a 21st term in the Ohio House of Representatives, Trends Wide projects, and become the longest-serving woman in Congress when she is sworn in next year to represent the state’s 9th Congressional District. . Kaptur, who was first elected in 1982 and is currently the longest-serving woman in House history, will break the record set by Barbara Mikulski, who represented Maryland in the House and Senate for a combined 40 years.
Oklahoma
State Senate: Republican Markwayne Mullin will be the first Native American senator from Oklahoma in nearly 100 years, Trends Wide projects, winning the special election to succeed Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is set to resign in January. Mullin, a member of the Cherokee Nation, currently represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District. Democrat Robert Owen, also a member of the Cherokee Nation, represented Oklahoma in the Senate from 1907 to 1925.
Pennsylvania
Deputy Governor: Democrat Austin Davis will be Pennsylvania’s first black lieutenant governor, Trends Wide projects, winning the election by one ticket with gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro. Davis is currently a member of the Pennsylvania House representing a seat from the Pittsburgh area. He will be chosen on a ticket with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro.
State Congress: Democrat Summer Lee will be the first black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, Trends Wide projects, winning election to the state’s 12th Congressional District. Lee, a state representative from the Pittsburgh area, will succeed retired Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle.
Vermont
State Congress: Democrat Becca Balint will be the first woman elected to Congress from Vermont, Trends Wide projects, winning the election for the state’s general district. With Balint’s victory, Vermont will lose its distinction as the only US state that has never sent a woman to Congress. Balint, the president pro tempore of the state Senate, will also be the first LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Vermont.
Fiscal general: Charity Clark will be Vermont’s first elected female attorney general, Trends Wide projects. Clark previously served as chief of staff for Democratic Attorney General TJ Donovan, who resigned in June for a private-sector position.
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