Voters in Delaware elected the first openly transgender member of Congress, and two Black women will serve in the U.S. Senate for the first time.

Sarah McBride will be the first openly transgender member of US Congress, and Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the state’s first Black woman senator (and one of just two in the Senate).

It’s clear that trans people are not going back without a fight, and we can win,” Allison Chapman told Truthout.

Here are 8 women who made history with their election wins: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, 53, is the first Black woman to ...

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has been elected to the U.S. House and will become the first openly transgender person to ...

Voters in Delaware elected the country’s first out transgender member of Congress on Tuesday, with NBC News projecting a win ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester, left, and Sarah McBride, center, made history on Tuesday. (Pamela Smith/Associated Press) A handful of ...

Much of the country went to bed on Nov. 5 not knowing which candidates would win in both local and national elections.

Delaware made history on election night as voters elected the state's first Black U.S. senator and the first openly trans ...

Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender ...

Sarah McBride just became the first openly trans politician elected to U.S. Congress. And there's been a long journey to make ...

Yes, Donald Trump, 78, will become the oldest president in history, and the first with a felony conviction. But with campaign ...