The US mid-term elections mark some historic firsts. Here's a list of all you need to know.
Maura Healey, on Tuesday, made history by being the first openly lesbian to be elected the governor of Massachusetts. Healey became the first openly gay attorney general in the US in 2014. She was formerly a civil rights lawyer. Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump.
Healey's running mate was Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, making them the first all-woman pair to be elected to office. While campaigning, she ran on the promise of investing in housing, public transportation, the clean energy economy, and job training.
Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was elected Arkansas governor on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile Trump administration official in elected office.
Sanders defeated Democratic nominee Chris Jones in the race for governor in her predominantly Republican home state, where former President Donald Trump remains popular. Sanders had been heavily favoured to win the race, which also included Libertarian nominee Ricky Dale Harrington.
Sanders shattered state fundraising records with her campaign, which focused primarily on national issues. Sanders, the daughter of former Governor Mike Huckabee, regularly promised to use the office to fight President Joe Biden and the radical left.
Alabama gets its first woman Senator with Katie Britt. Britt defeated Democrat Will Boyd and Libertarian John Sophocleus. 41-year-old Britt projected herself as part of the new generation of conservative leaders. Britt is one of the Senate's youngest members.
25-year-old Maxwell Frost becomes the first Gen-Z candidate to be elected to the US House of Representatives. The Democrat spoke about issues close to a lot of youngsters-- gun violence, abortion rights, climate change and medicare for all. He will represent the Orlando-area seat from Florida. Frost also belongs to the Black-Latino community.
Democrat Wes Moore defeated Republican Dan Cox to become the first black governor of Maryland. Only two other Black politicians have ever been elected governor in the United States — Virginia’s Douglas Wilder in 1989, and Deval Patrick of Massachusetts in 2006. 44-year-old Moore is also an author. He is also an army veteran.
Markwayne Mullin defeated Democrat Kendra Horn to become the first Native American to win the election to the US Senate in nearly two decades.
Aruna Miller scripted history by becoming the first Indian-American politician to win the race of Lieutenant Governor in the state of Maryland, adjoining the US capital.
Miller, 58, a former delegate to the Maryland House, was on the Lieutenant Governor ticket along with Wes Moore -- the Democratic Governor-elect.
The Lieutenant Governor is the state's highest official following the Governor and assumes the role when the Governor is out of state or incapacitated.
Democrat Summer Lee will be the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, CNN projects.
Becca Balint, in Vermont, became the first woman from the state to be elected to the Senate. She defeated Republican Liam Madden. She will also be the first LGBTQ person from the state to become Senator.
--With PTI inputs
