Politics

Meet top six candidates who made history in US 2020 elections (photos)

Thursday, November 05, 2020 at 1:13 PM by Nurudeen Lawal

As the United States 2020 elections gradually wind down, a report by The New York Times has highlighted some candidates who set new records ones in the polls.

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Below are some of the winners who have made history in the US 2020 elections.

1. Sarah McBride

Elected to the Delaware Senate, McBride will become the country’s first openly transgender state senator and the highest-ranking transgender official in the US, according to The New York Times.

Meet the Candidates Who Made History in the 2020 Election — Sarah McBride, elected to the Delaware Senate. Photo credit: Sarah McBride
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2. Cori Bush

Bush has emerged the first Black woman elected to represent Missouri in Congress. She defeated Anthony Rogers, a Republican.

3/4. Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones

Torres and Jones who are from New York have become the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress after they were declared winners in their House races.

5. Cynthia Lummis

Lummis, a Republican and former congresswoman, will become the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate.

6. Marilyn Strickland

Strickland, former Mayor of Tacoma, has emerged the first Korean-born African American woman ever elected to Congress and the first Black woman to represent Washington State at the federal level.

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Meanwhile, at least, three Nigerian-Americans have secured victories in the 2020 elections in the United States held on Tuesday, November 3.

Esther Agbaje, one of the Nigerian-Americans, contested to represent District 59B in the Minnesota House of Representatives on the platform of the Democratic Party.