Chris Pappas, first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate
of any state in the U.S.
in the U.S.
of Texas
Governors
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, the great-granddaughter of slaves, made history on Election Day when she defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Rick Jackson to become the first female governor of Georgia and the first Black woman elected governor in the U.S..
- Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, a 35th generation New Mexican and the former U.S. Secretary of the Interior defeated Republican Gregg Hull on Tuesday night to become the first Native American woman elected as governor of New Mexico and the first Native American woman elected as governor of any U.S. state.
- Gina Hinojosa: first Latina elected governor of Texas
- Xavier Becerra: first Latino governor of California
- Byron Donalds: first Black governor of Florida
- Amy Klobuchar: first female governor of Minnesota
- Aaron Ford: first Black governor of Nevada
- Amy Acton: first female governor of Ohio
- Marsha Blackburn: first female governor of Tennessee
- David Crowley: first Black governor of Wisconsin
- Lieutenant Governor
- Vikki Goodwin: the first woman elected as lieutenant governor in Texas
- U.S. Senate
- Chris Pappas of New Hampshire: First openly-gay man elected to the U.S. Senate
- Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan: first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate
- Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota: First Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate
- Annie Andrews: First women elected as a U.S. Senator in South Carolina
- U.S. House
- Melat Kiros: The first Black female elected to the U.S. House from Colorado
- Jeremy Moss: The first openly-LGBTQ+ person elected to the U.S. House from Michigan
- Denise Powell: The first Hispanic elected to the U.S. House from Nebraska
- Adam Hamawy: The first Muslim elected to the U.S. House from New Jersey
- Claire Valdez: The first Native American female elected to the U.S. House from New York.
— From Staff Reports