Newly Elected Governors Make History In Maryland and Massachusetts | FiveThirtyEight
Voters in Massachusetts have made history by electing the first openly lesbian governor, Maura Healey, and it's also the first time any state has elected women for both governor and lieutenant governor. Voters in Maryland elected the state's first Black governor, Wes Moore.
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Thank you so much for your coverage. They way you're breaking down your coverage works for me. It's still the shank of the evening here in Honolulu so I'll keeping checking in for more updates. Mahalo.
Wes Moore actually spoke at my college last year since we were assigned to read his book, The Other Wes Moore. Very respectable person and I think he'll make a great governor.
Healey would not be the first female to have served as governor of the Bay State, though. Aside from turning the post from R to D, K Hobbs of AZ will be the first sitting secretary of state to have won the election (Sydney Preston Smith had done so as former SOS, and several incumbent secretaries have ascended to governor first then won election from a position of incumbency).
Fun fact: “historic” is a word signifying, in this context, that someone who is both a member of a marginalized community(TM) and a Democrat has won an election. The “historic” label does not apply if the member of a marginalized community(TM) is not a Democrat.
@zacharyflint7901
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You are wrong. Historic was also used in the context of Gov-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders governor win, but nice partisan Fire stoking you tried there.
@NotANameist
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@@zacharyflint7901 show me the press that is stoked about Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Is it FOX or Breitbart?
@rzezzy1
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@@NotANameist I found an article on CNN's website titled "Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections" that includes her.
@NotANameist
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@@rzezzy1 good catch! Hopefully she gets recognized on her own one day as Dem members of marginalized communities(TM) do.
@antiantiderivative
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@@NotANameist People who sell themselves out should not be celebrated. She’s only there because Republicans need someone to point to while they roll back civil rights