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Everyone who became the most amazing campaign we could have ever hoped to belong to. Everyone who made us feel hopeful, everyone who inspired us. We just want to say thank you to everyone who made this possible. As predicted, not even Beto O’Rourke succeeded in the epic struggle to take the (traditionally Republican) Texas senatorial seat from Ted Cruz. Unlike the drama of 2016, when the results defied all expectations, this time not much escaped analysts. The rest – this time – had been amply predicted by the polls. Also, a surprising first was Iowa’s choice of female House Representatives, Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer, and Tennessee elected its first female senator, Marsha Blackburn.
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The first two Latina women were also voted into Congress from Texas, Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia, while Massachussetts and Connecticut elected their first African American congresswomen, Ayanna Pressley and Jahana Hayes respectively. Midterm election results: the victory of women and diversity Who is Beto O’Rourke, the rising star of the US Democrats vying for the Texas Senate raceĪlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29 years old, is the youngest congresswoman in the history of the United States © Rick Loomis/Getty Images.The Democrats’ new face for the midterm elections who comes from the Bronx
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