Lisa Blunt Rochester is no stranger to making history. Eight years ago, she Black person and first woman elected to Congress from Delaware, as reported by the 19th. Now, she’s poised to do it again with her campaign to become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate.
The wind is at Blunt Rochester’s back, with showing her leading her Republican opponent by 20 points in a state that has consistently elected to the Senate since 2000. Blunt Rochester has also scored key endorsements from President Joe Biden and the current incumbent, Sen. Tom Carper, whom she worked for as a constituent relations caseworker and is retiring.
But as a Black woman with the weight of history on her shoulders, she’s taking nothing for granted. with the 19th, she said, “I still, as a Black woman, can look at how much a donor gives me and how much they give my white counterpart and see a disparity. I still deal with the issues of people’s expectations, and that’s good expectations and bad expectations,” she continued “I also think that there’s a level for me of responsibility.
I care about this pipeline. Maybe other folks don’t have to think that way, but I do.” Only have served in the U.
S. Senate in its 235-year history. The first was Carol Moseley Braun, elected in 1992 to represent Illinois.
The second was Vice President Kamala Harris, who was elected to represent California in 2016. The third is Laphonza Butler, who currently represents California and was appo.