Democrat Cori Bush has been elected to Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, making her the first Black Congresswoman in the history of Missouri.
Bush dfeated her Republican challenger, Anthony Rogers by winning 78.9% of the vote.
Vote Totals
Democrat Cori Bush: 245,520
Repiblican Anthony Rogers: 59,156
Retired NBA star and Alabama native Charles Barkley has pledged $1 million to Tuskegee University.
Barkley chose to support the university through Capitol One’s The Match: Champions for Change, according to the university.
According to the university, this is Barkley’s fifth major donation to a historically black college. The Leeds native pledged $1 million to Miles College earlier this year. He donated $1 million to both Alabama A&M and Clark Atlanta University in 2016. In 2017, he pledged $1 million to Morehouse College.
“We are excited to learn that Mr. Barkley made it a priority to support Tuskegee University,” said Interim President Dr. Charlotte Morris in the release. “His philanthropy will play a crucial role in advancing the university’s strategic goals.”
Democrat Maxine Waters easily won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 43rd Congressional District
Waters defeated her Republican challenger, Joe Collins by getting 72% of the vote.
Vote Totals
Democrat Maxine Waters: 172,039
Republican Joe Collins: 66,656
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 8th Congressional District.
Jefferies won a fifth term by deafeating his Republican challenger, Garfield Wallace by getting 82.6% of the vote.
Vote totals
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries: 175,140
Republican Garfield Wallace: 36,873
Sumter County made history on Election Day by electing the county’s first African-American sheriff.
“I’m overly excited, anxious, looking forward to the responsibility of the role of sheriff of Sumter County, Georgia and most importantly, I’m blessed,” Col. Eric Bryant said.
Bryant is chief deputy and interim sheriff in Sumter County. He made history Tuesday night after being elected the first African-American sheriff for the county.
“I’m excited to be able to make history here in Sumter County, Georgia and also look forward to encouraging other African-American males that they too can make a difference,” Bryant said of his win.
Bryant was the Democratic candidate in the race. He beat out his Republican counterpart, Phillip Daniel, with 69 percent of the vote Tuesday night.
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