[US midterm election] Those elected who broke the ‘glass ceiling’… The first female member of Generation Z (comprehensive 2nd report)

The U.S. midterm election held on the 3rd (local time) brought about a variety of 'firsts'.

According to the Associated Press, Democratic candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected in Georgia, becoming the first black female governor in U.S. history.

Georgia is a traditionally strong Republican state, and all 83 governors in its history have been white men. This is the first time that a woman, and a person of color, has been elected governor in the state of Georgia.

In this barren field, Candidate Bottoms faced Republican Rick Jackson, a billionaire businessman, and won by a wide margin. He is also the first Democratic politician to be elected governor of Georgia in 23 years.

Candidate Bottoms graduated from Georgia State University Law School and served as mayor of Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, for four years since 2018. After retiring as mayor, he served as a senior White House advisor in President Joe Biden's administration.

The Republican Party also had its first black male elected governor. In Florida, President Donald Trump's second home state, Representative Byron Donalds was elected as the first black governor.

President-elect Donald Donalds, who had a background in finance, is a representative pro-Trump candidate and is classified as a hard-right wing member of the Republican Party. After serving in the Florida State Assembly since 2016, he expanded his political career by being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020. He was also mentioned as a vice presidential candidate in the 2024 US presidential election.

This election also produced the first indigenous female governor. Democratic candidate Deb Harland defeated the Republican candidate in New Mexico and won the governorship.

Harland was one of the first two Native American women to enter the House of Representatives in 2018, and has already broken the political glass ceiling that limited Native women at the time. He was also appointed as the first Native American minister in U.S. history during the Biden administration in 2021.

In Ohio, Democratic candidate Amy Acton defeated Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who received support from President Trump, and was elected as the first female governor and first Jewish governor in the state's history.

In Texas, Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott, causing a surprise by becoming the first Latina female governor in the state's history. This is the first time since 1990 that a Democrat has won a gubernatorial election in Texas.

In Wisconsin, Democratic candidate David Crowley was elected as the first black governor in the state's history.

First records were set one after another in the Federal Assembly. Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas became the first openly sexual minority male senator in the United States when he was elected in New Hampshire.

The first Muslim federal senator in American history was also born. In Michigan, one of the Senate battlegrounds in this election, Abdul El-Sayed (41, Democratic Party), an Egyptian Muslim, won.

In Colorado, Democratic candidate Melat Kiros (29) was elected as the first Generation Z female federal representative in the United States.

“These ‘firsts’ show how our country is changing,” Alexis Anders-Reed, president of State Voices, a network that advocates for civic participation and democratic equity, said in an email to The Associated Press.