Here's a photo of Blanche Bruce, the last Black person to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. He was born into slavery in 1841. Scott Colom is currently up 43 votes over incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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Scott Colom says he’s confident “we’re going to win” in Mississippi and that they “will protect the process of this election” He’s currently up 43 votes in his race for U.S. Senate
NEW: One of the most notoriously far-right, xenophobic sheriffs in the nation lost his reelection bid. After decades in office. Voters in Frederick County, Maryland, have ousted Chuck Jenkins, known for aggressively anti-immigrant policies.
Voters Oust Notorious Pro-ICE Sheriff in Maryland - Bolts
Immigrants in Frederick County have long lived in fear of Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and his tactics. The incoming sheriff vows to monitor ICE activity.
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‘Nathan Johnson was just elected as Attorney General of Texas, but long before that, he was a composer who scored the anime series Dragon Ball Z’
Texas’ New Attorney General Nathan Johnson Composed the Music for 67 ‘Dragon Ball Z’ Episodes, Years Before Election Day
Former "Dragon Ball Z" composer Nathan Johnson has been elected as Texas Attorney General.
variety.com
A billionaire can spend $450 million trying to influence/buy an election and still lose.
Jocelyn Benson is poised to become Michigan’s 50th governor after soundly defeating Republican John James amid a surge of support for Democrats throughout Michigan. bridgemi.com/michigan-pol...
Jocelyn Benson beats John James in Michigan governor’s race - Bridge Michigan
Democrat Jocelyn Benson wins Michigan governor's race and will replace term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Image: "History Made: Three groundbreaking victories. Three barriers broken" (Pictured: Deb Haaland, enrolled Laguna Pueblo tribal member, Gina Hinojosa, and Keisha Lance Bottoms) "New Mexico's first Native American Governor, Texas' first Latina Govermor, Georgia's first Black woman Governor".
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 14h agoCongratulations 🎊 To All Three Women.......👏🏻
To live to see so many trans, indigenous, multiracial, multi faith representatives. WOW. I never could have imagined this shift from where we were. It’s so beautiful 🥹
psychiatric diagnoses are for accessing treatment & support, not to be weaponized as insults or personal criticisms thank you, that will be all
Watching the right tear and point fingers at each other is something else. This is so much fun, 😆.
Baby Yoda Says Whee!
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not only was this the first truly decisive election in 15 years, not only was it the first real repudiation the MAGA Republican Party has experienced, but it is an earthquake in the South. with investment — and with laws protecting the right to vote — the whole region could be blue.
ABDUL EL-SAYED WINS IN MICHIGAN! He FIERCELY defended transgender people in a race where tons of anti-trans ads were spent against him. Centrist Democrats tried to force him out. HE WINS! Defending trans sports and healthcare!
'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek, a white man in Crawfordville. His value was placed at $1,400. More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of Georgia.'
Keisha Lance Bottoms and the long road from Crawfordville to Governor’s Mansion
More than 160 years after her ancestors were enslaved in Georgia, the former Atlanta mayor has made history as the first Black woman elected governor.
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This needs to be nationwide. Yay, Virginia voters! 🔥🔥
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 18h agoVirginia voters have approved a constitutional amendment that repealed the state’s longstanding Jim Crow-era felony voting rights ban
Allison Montgomery will be the first trans woman representative to ever serve in the Alabama State Legislature. She wins in a conservative district running on economic issues outside of Huntsville Alabama. WHAT A WAVE! WOW!
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 20h agoDon't look now, but its a razor thin race and a trans woman might win in a conservative district outside of Huntsville Alabama. WOW. And she's GOOD, y'all! www.tiktok.com/@allisonmont...
Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota. She was the recipient of many anti-transgender ads. Conservatives famously got angry at her for wearing a "protect trans kids" T-shirt with a knife on it. She now is the U.S. Senator from Minnesota!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat David Crowley wins election for governor in Wisconsin.
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In Chinese mythology, why do some dragons coil endlessly around pillars, never soaring skyward? These are Pan Long (蟠龍), the earthbound rebels who failed to ascend to heaven. Ancient records say they stretched four zhang long (about 40 feet), wielding venom so lethal 1/2
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Kermit the Frog: Nervous and Anxious
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Quick question... Why the hell isn't Election Day a national holiday? I can't think of a more important day to give people off.
OK, Dems. IF this is as great a night as we're all hoping it will be you folks are going to have to actually DO THINGS in the next two years like A LOT OF VERY GOOD THINGS please attend the Zohran Mamdani school of GET SHIT DONE FOR PEOPLE over the holidays because you will have ONE SHOT
genuinely insane that south carolina flipped. i can't believe it.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 23h agouh are we gonna get south carolina