Despite a record number of Black women running for office, no Black woman will sit in the nation's governor's mansions or serve in the Senate.
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds defeated Democrat Deidre DeJear and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey fended off a challenge from Democrat Yolanda Flowers. Neither of the two races were considered competitive.
"When you think about the Democratic Party and the support that Black women have continuously given that Party, it's disappointing at best," said Andrea Benjamin, a political scientist at the University of Oklahoma."At worst, it feels egregious."this year and the elevation of Kamala Harris to vice president in 2020 were lauded by many Black women's organizations as a sign of progress.may have contributed to Black women's losses for political office this year.
Christine Slaughter, a political scientist at Boston University, said some voters may not have been willing to see Abrams as governor material because she doesn't fit stereotypical standards of womanhood, including not being married or having children. Abrams was a minority leader in Georgia's state House. Demings is a sitting House member. Beasley was a former Supreme Court chief justice in North Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump was widely unpopular with Democrats – who were itching to take back power from Republicans. Democrats rode the"blue wave" momentum of the 2018 midterms and gained back control of the House. For much of the 2022 campaign, Abrams trailed Kemp in polling. A recent composite of surveys from FiveThirtyEight showed Kemp leading Abrams
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