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Related: About this forumWhen do we get a black female US Senator?
2024
DE(Blunt Rochester-D) if Carper retires.
MD(Alsobrooks-D) if Cardin retires and Sarbanes and Raskin dont run.
2026
IL(Underwood-D) if Durbin retires.
MA(Pressley-D) if Markey retires.
The number of black US Senators currently serving.
1)GA(Warnock-D)
2)NJ(Booker-D)
3)SC(Scott-R)
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When do we get a black female US Senator? (Original Post)
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2023
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Auggie
(32,007 posts)1. Barbara Lee is running in California
euphorb
(292 posts)2. There has been at least one --
Carol Moseley Brown of Illinois, serving from 1993 to 1999. But I agree we need another one (or two or . . . ).
TygrBright
(21,004 posts)3. We had one. She's Vice President now. n/t
Walleye
(37,290 posts)4. I really hope Lisa Blunt Rochester goes to the Senate for us here in Delaware