Rep. Lisa Demuth became Minnesota’s first Black female House Speaker, sworn in by the state's first Black Senate President, ...

she and Senator Rochester made history as the first Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate. Following her official oath, she joined a ceremonial swearing-in with the Congressional Black ...

Angela Alsobrooks became Maryland’s first Black U.S. Senator in Jan. 2025 after holding elected office for 14 years in Prince ...

while Alsobrooks is the first Black woman to be elected to the Senate from Maryland. Fedorchak is the first woman to represent North Dakota in the lower chamber – a state with only one ...