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4 Nov, 20 tweets, 6 min read

THREAD: This morning we wanted to share a few EMILY’s List women who made history by winning their elections.

Meet these state and local trailblazers:

@odetteramos

The Baltimore City Council is adding the very first Latina ever — @odetteramos! #ElectWomen

@naquettaricks

The election of @naquettaricks in Colorado marks the first time a Liberian-American has been elected to a state legislature.

@KeshaRam

.@KeshaRam is the first woman of color ever elected to the Vermont state senate.

@ImanforColorado

.@ImanforColorado is the first Muslim elected to the Colorado General Assembly.

@TeamRebeccaNH

.@TeamRebeccaNH is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to the New Hampshire state Senate.

@go4esther

.@go4esther will be the first Nigerian American in the Minnesota State House.

@MaureeTurnerOK

.@MaureeTurnerOK will be the first Muslim legislator in Oklahoma history.

@votedaniella

.@votedaniella is the first woman elected as mayor of Miami-Dade County. #ElectWomen

@SarahEMcBride

.@SarahEMcBride is the first transgender state senator in the United States.

@TarraSimmons5

.@TarraSimmons5 will be the first formerly incarcerated legislator in Washington state.

@AuforGA

.@AuforGA is a physician and first-generation Chinese-American who was just elected as the FIRST Asian American woman in the Georgia state Senate.

@Emily4Mo

.@Emily4Mo just became the first AAPI woman elected to the Missouri state House.

@samraforsenate

With her victory, @samraforsenate just became the only woman of color to represent upstate New York in the state Senate.

Mary Kunesh-Podein just became the first Native woman elected to the Minnesota state Senate!

@ByersForKansas

.@ByersForKansas is a retired public school teacher and LGBTQ+ activist who was just elected as the FIRST openly transgender Native woman state legislator in U.S. history.

@KimforGeorgia

.@KimforGeorgia is an Episcopal priest and former volunteer EMT who was just elected as Georgia’s FIRST openly LGBTQ+ state senator.

@HollyJMitchell

Thanks to the election of @HollyJMitchell, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is all women for the first time in history!

@FarrahNK

.@FarrahNK is the first woman of color to be elected mayor of Irvine, California.

@jessicalbenham

.@jessicalbenham is a disability rights activist and community leader who was just elected as the FIRST autistic legislator in Pennsylvania and the FIRST openly LGBTQ+ woman in the Pennsylvania state House.

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