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Meet The 7 Black Women Running For Senate In 2026 — And Why This Year Could Make History

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By Andrea Bossi ·Updated December 11, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In the U.S. Senate’s 236-year history, only five Black women have ever served. 2025 saw Black women make history in the Senate. It was the first time two Black women — Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware— served simultaneously. In 2026, history could be made again thanks to the current seven Black women who have declared t…

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Meet The 7 Black Women Running For Senate In 2026 — And Why This Year Could Make History

By Andrea Bossi ·Updated December 11, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In the U.S. Senate’s 236-year history, only five Black women have ever served. 2025 saw Black women make history in the Senate. It was the first time two Black women — Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware— served simultaneously. In 2026, history could be made again thanks to the current seven Black women who have declared t…

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Essence broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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