elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black senator.

Getty Images In a historic first, voters have elected two Black women to serve together in the U.S. Senate ... we'll call each other Sister Senators'" In the words of my friend @AlsobrooksForMD ...

Laphonza Butler is the third Black woman to serve in the chamber ... She is not seeking reelection. In other words: Only three Black women have served in the Senate, and never at the same time.

In a landmark election, voters have chosen the first two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate simultaneously ... In addition to these wins, other candidates set groundbreaking precedents.

Laphonza Butler is the third Black woman to serve in the chamber, but she was not elected — she was appointed in October 2023 to finish out the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's term, which ends in January ...

Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black ...

Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks will be the first two Black women to serve together in the U.S. Senate at the same time. With the historic wins, the two senators will double the number of Black ...