Originally published by The 19th. The 19th is making sense of the midterms. Subscribe to the 19th’s daily newsletter for election context and analysis. The Senate has had no Black women since Kamala Harris became the country’s first woman vice president nearly two years ago. This year, two candidates had a chance of changing that: Cheri Beasley […]
Cheri Beasley
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Will a Red State Elect a Black, Female Democrat to the U.S. Senate? Cheri Beasley Thinks So.
Cheri Beasley would make history this November if she wins the election to become North Carolina’s first Black U.S. senator. Beasley and a fellow Democrat, U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida, are two Black women vying for a seat in the Senate, which currently has no Black women after former Sen. Kamala Harris of California […]