Midterm elections deliver historic firsts across states and the nation

Summary

While 2026's midterms will be remembered for the astonishing number of losses that Democrats handed to President Donald Trump. In the background, something perhaps equally seismic unfolded: a wave of firsts that elevated into high office members of groups that had, until now, been kept largely at the margins. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

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