Angela Alsobrooks & Lisa Blunt Rochester Make History As First Black Women Elected To The U.S. Senate Together

Angela Alsobrooks & Lisa Blunt Rochester Make History As First Black Women Elected To The U.S. Senate Together

Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester are making history as the first Black women elected to the U.S. Senate simultaneously.

After their historic wins, both women expressed gratitude on social media. Alsobrooks, who won in Maryland, shared on X,

“From the bottom of my heart, I thank each and every Marylander. To serve this state, my home, is the honor of a lifetime.” Blunt Rochester, elected in Delaware, wrote, “From the bottom of my heart, Delaware, thank you.”

 

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Their victories doubled the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate, increasing the total from two to four. Carol Moseley Braun was the first Black woman elected in 1992, followed by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2016. Laphonza Butler also serves in the Senate, but she was appointed, not elected, and is not seeking reelection; her term ends in January.

Alsobrooks and Blunt Rochester bring decades of experience, with Blunt Rochester in her fourth term in the U.S. House and Alsobrooks having previously served as Prince George’s County executive. The two have since formed a close bond and now refer to each other as “senator sisters.”

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