What we know
What we know: Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victories
Compiled Nov 5
What we know
- 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
- In Florida, Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon lost by fewer than 3 percentage points in a state Republicans had won by nearly 20 points four years earlier
- In Louisiana, Republican Julia Letlow won the Senate race by fewer than 2 percentage points against Democrat Jamie Davis, in a state Trump carried by 22 points in 2024
What we don’t know yet
- Scott Colom's race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi was still a 'razor-thin battle' as of the article
- Justin Pearson's Tennessee congressional race was described as close and had 'not been called' by the AP
- With votes still being tallied, the scale of Congressional Black Caucus seat losses nationally was not yet determined
Open questions
- Who ultimately won the Mississippi Senate race between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith?
- Was Justin Pearson's Tennessee congressional race ever officially called?
- How many seats did the Congressional Black Caucus actually lose once all votes were tallied?
- Will the Democratic Party change its investment strategy in Southern states as Harris and Abrams suggested?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.