{"id":21449,"date":"2018-11-07T07:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2018-11-07T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:22:18","slug":"us-midterms-2018-the-candidates-who-made-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21449","title":{"rendered":"US midterms 2018: The candidates who made history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year’s US midterm elections have already made history.<\/p>\n

In the primaries, a record number of women<\/a>, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates<\/a> ran for office.<\/p>\n

As results from Tuesday’s votes continue to stream in, here are the candidates who have made history:<\/p>\n

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar<\/h2>\n

First Muslim women elected to Congress<\/h3>\n
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are expected to become the first Muslim congresswomen [AP Photo]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Both Rashida Tlaib<\/a> and Ilhan Omar<\/a>\u00a0won in their Democrat-safe seats becoming the first Muslim congresswomen.<\/p>\n

Tlaib was born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrant parents, and Omar arrived in the US at the age of 14 after fleeing civil war in Somalia.<\/p>\n

Omar is also the first Somali American to serve in the US Congress.<\/p>\n

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/h2>\n

Youngest woman elected to Congress<\/h3>\n
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New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez participates in a town hall meeting [Patrick Semansky\/AP Photo]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat<\/a> 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th District and has now made history as the youngest woman to join Congress.<\/p>\n

Born to a father from South Bronx and a mother from Puerto Rico, Ocasio-Cortez was an organiser for the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.<\/p>\n

Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids<\/h2>\n

Joint first Native American women elected to Congress\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids [AP Photo]\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, is the first Native American woman elected to Congress, alongside Sharice Davids.<\/p>\n

Haaland said she will prioritise climate change, as well as a number of other progressive issues, such as Medicare-for-all and debt-free education.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davids is a Cornell Law School graduate and professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, who was raised by a single mother.<\/p>\n

She is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, a Native American tribe that hails from Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former White House fellow under Obama, is openly gay and an advocate for LGBT issues. She was elected to the third congressional district in Kansas.<\/p>\n

Jared Polis<\/h2>\n

First openly gay governor<\/h3>\n
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Jared Polis is one of the richest members of the House of Representatives [David Zalubowsk\/AP Photo]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With a net worth of close to $400m, Democrat Jared Polis is already one of the richest members of the House of Representatives but in winning the Colorado gubernatorial contest, he became the first openly gay governor of a state.<\/p>\n

Ayanna Pressley<\/h2>\n

Massachusetts’s first black congresswoman\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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Democratic candidate for US House of Representatives Ayanna Pressley points to her supporters after winning the Democratic primary in Massachusetts [Brian Snyder\/Reuters]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Democrat Ayanna Pressley surprised many when she upset 10-term incumbent Michael Capuano during Massachusetts’s 7th Congressional District primary.<\/p>\n

She ran uncontested on November 6 to become the state’s first black congresswoman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Texas’s first Latina congresswomen<\/h3>\n
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Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia are running in Democratic strongholds [AP Photo]\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In a state with a Hispanic population of close to 40 percent, in 2018 Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia became the first women of Latin American origin to represent Texas in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Escobar was elected to Texas’s 16th District, while Garcia won the state’s 29th District.<\/p>\n

Lou Leon Guerrero<\/h2>\n

First female governor of a US territory\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Democrat Lou Leon Guerrero won Tuesday’s election by a broad enough margin that she would not have to face a runoff vote.<\/p>\n

She became the ninth governor-elect of Guam, which has a population of some 162,000. Her victory marked the first time in 15 years that Democrats controlled the territory’s governorship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: U.S. territory Guam elected its first ever female governor, Lou Leon Guerrero, flipping the governorship to Democrats for the first time in 15 years. pic.twitter.com\/lTu3HV45rl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AJ+ (@ajplus) November 7, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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