Race in the News (Midterm Election Edition) 11.12.22

 
Here are some newly-elected diverse candidates from the 2022 US midterms:

• Robert Garcia (D-CA): The first out LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress 
• Erick Russell (D-CT): First openly-gay Black person elected as Connecticut state treasurer
• Delia Ramirez (D-IL): First Latina elected to House of Representatives from Illinois 
• Andrea Campbell (D-MA): First black woman elected as Massachusetts' attorney general
  
• Jason Hoskins (D-MI): The first LGBTQ person of color elected to state legislature
• John James (R-MI): The first Black Republican elected to Congress from Michigan
  
• Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) The first Native American senator from Oklahoma in almost a century
• Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani (D-TX): The first two Muslims elected to Texas state legislature