The election brought a wave of historic firsts. Here are some groundbreaking winners

The election produced a series of historic firsts, with voters choosing candidates from groups long under-represented in high office. The article says the results include the first Black woman governor, the first Native American woman governor, the first Native American woman senator and the first openly gay man elected to the US Senate, alongside a Muslim senator elected by early Wednesday.

Deb Haaland won New Mexico’s governorship, becoming the first Native American woman to hold the role, while Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American woman senator. Georgia elected Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman governor, and Maine’s Graham Platner became the first openly gay man elected to the Senate; Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed also won, becoming its first Muslim senator. Alaska’s Mary Peltola’s Senate race was still being counted, and Democrats’ gains could lead to the first Black House speaker.