US midterm elections elect first Muslim senator and first black female governor Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won the Senate election from Michigan and will become the first Muslim in the upper house of the US Congress. Also for the first time, a black woman will become the governor of the state: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will lead Georgia. Another unexpected result was a Democratic victory in Kansas, where they took a Senate seat from Republicans for the first time since 1932.

US midterm elections elect first Muslim senator and first black female governor Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won the Senate election from Michigan and will become the first Muslim in the upper house of the US Congress. Also for the first time, a black woman will become the governor of the state: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will lead Georgia. Another unexpected result was a Democratic victory in Kansas, where they took a Senate seat from Republicans for the first time since 1932.