Politics
Minnesota elects first 3 Black women to state Senate
Minnesota made history by electing Black women to the state Senate for the first time in its 164 year statehood history.
Minnesota made history by electing Black women to the state Senate for the first time in 164 year history.
Minnesota elects Black women to the senate
Democratic candidates Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbeten won their races against Republican challengers.
Other “firsts”
Not only they are the first Black women, they also have a few other firsts.
Erin Maye Quade is the first out lesbian and Clare Oumou Verbeten is the first Black LGBTQ member in the state senate of Minnesota.
Mohamed, 25, became the youngest woman elected to the state Senate.
At an October election event, Oumou Verbeten said the trio will launch a caucus for Black women in the Senate after they take office in January.
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