Six Black governors will serve after midterms, ABC News reports
Black candidates from both parties won governor races in the midterms, including the first Black woman governor, and ABC News says six Black governors will now serve.
Six Black governors are set to serve across U.S. states after the 2026 midterms, ABC News reports. It says Black candidates from both political parties made history, and that there were new milestones in Congress as well.
Voters on Tuesday elected the nation's first Black woman governor, according to NPR and CBS News. CBS News says three other Black candidates were also elected to gubernatorial roles that day. It called the midterm races a record.
NPR reports that voters also elected the nation's first Native American woman governor. Its headline refers to nine candidates for governor making history. The short report does not say who the nine are or how they were counted.
None of the three reports names the winners or the states. ABC News does not say how it reached six governors. CBS News counts four Black candidates elected on Tuesday. The two figures may include governors who were not on Tuesday's ballot, but the reports do not say.
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- NPRThese 9 candidates for governor just made historyWed, Nov 4, 5:00 AM EST
- CBS NewsBlack candidates for governor make history with midterm victoriesWed, Nov 4, 1:38 PM EST
- ABC NewsBlack candidates from both parties made history in midterm electionsWed, Nov 4, 7:26 PM EST
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- Wed, Nov 4, 7:25 PM EST, 2 outlets: Voters elect first Black woman governor in midterm races