Democrat Ayanna Pressley won her House race in Massachusetts’ 7th District on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first black woman elected to Congress. In the primary, she secured an upset win against 10-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano. Her upset drew comparisons to progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in a New York House primary in June. The Boston City Council member first broke barriers in 2009, when she became the first woman of color elected to that body. She was part of a record number of women nominated in the 2018 midterms ― including an unprecedented number of women of color.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 01:41 UTC