Last night, the country stood by with bated breath as the election results poured in from around the country. The results? Diversity wins! Take a look at the complete list of history making elections below courtesy of This Is Insider.
- Jahana Hayes, a former high-school teacher, is the first black woman elected to represent Connecticut in the House of Representatives.
- Jared Polis of Colorado is the first openly gay man to be elected governor of a US state.
- Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar will be Texas’ first Latina women in Congress.
- Ayanna Pressley will be Massachusetts’ first black congresswoman.
- Rashida Tlaib is one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.
- Ilhan Omar joins Tlaib as the first Muslim women elected to Congress, and the first to wear a hijab. She’s also the first Somali-American woman in Congress.
- Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland are the first two Native American women elected to Congress.
- Young Kim is likely to become the first Korean-American woman in Congress.
- Lou Leon Guerrero will become the first woman to govern the US island territory of Guam.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Abby Finkenauer, 29, are the youngest women elected to Congress in US history.
