Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victories

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures won reelection in Alabama despite Republicans reshaping his district to reduce Black voting-age population from 48% to 40%

Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia, becoming the first Black woman in U.S. history elected as a governor

Black women also won races for Georgia attorney general, secretary of state, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, labor commissioner and school superintendent

U.S. Rep. Don Davis, a Black Democrat, won reelection in a North Carolina district Republicans had redrawn to favor the GOP

Months before Voting Rights Act signed: 8-year-old Sheyann Webb-Christburg was part of civil rights marchers attacked on Bloody Sunday in Selma · This year: Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, allowing Republican-led states to redistrict in ways that weakened Black congressional representation · This year: Congressional Black Caucus leaders warned they could lose up to 19 seats due to the ruling · Tuesday night: Shomari Figures won reelection to Congress in Alabama; Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia governor's race · Tuesday: Julia Letlow won the Louisiana Senate race by fewer than 2 percentage points · Wednesday: Scott Colom commented on his tight Mississippi Senate race; Kamala Harris called the results a 'wake-up call' for Democrats

48% to 40% Black voting-age population change · 9 in 10 Black men voting for Bottoms · 86,000 votes for Bottoms in Clayton County · 19 seats Congressional Black Caucus could lose · $4 million raised by Jamie Davis

Scott Colom's race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi was still a 'razor-thin battle' as of the article