U.S. elects first Black woman governor and first Native American woman governor [U.S. Midterm Elections]

[Financial News] The United States has elected its first Black woman governor and its first Native American woman governor.
Also elected was the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
In this U.S. midterm election, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of the Democratic Party defeated the Republican candidate in Georgia and was elected the first Black woman governor in U.S. history. Her victory was seen as symbolic in the American South, where histories of racial discrimination and the Black civil rights movement converge.
After serving as Atlanta’s mayor, Bottoms led public engagement at the White House under the Biden administration. She pledged to expand health coverage, raise the minimum wage and temporarily halt data center construction, among other things. It was the first time Democrats had won the Georgia gubernatorial election since 1998.
In New Mexico, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Democrat) defeated Greg Hull (Republican) and was elected the first Native American woman governor in the United States. A member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, she entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 and was appointed interior secretary under the Biden administration, becoming the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
In Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan (Democrat) defeated Michelle Tafoya (Republican) and was elected the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. A member of the Ojibwe people, she will take the seat of retiring Democratic Senator Tina Smith.
[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, International Affairs Specialist Reporter