The people have spoken, and we’re bringing bright hope to the United States Senate,” Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester said in a victory speech to supporters who greeted her with chants of “LBR! LBR!”

Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester made history Tuesday as the first Black person and first woman to be elected to represent Delaware in the Senate. She will also be the fourth-ever Black woman senator. She will succeed her mentor,

Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware or Maryland have ever had a Black