UPDATED: 11:00 p.m. ET, Dec. 6, 2022 Black history was made on Tuesday afternoon when the U.S. Senate got its newest member.
Every Black U.S. Senator Ever
Laphonza Butler was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris during a ceremony earlier this week at the U.S. Capitol, making her the third-ever Black woman U.S. Senator and just the 12th Black person to serve in the U.S. Senate’s 234-year history. In honor of this special moment in time, check out our full list of every Black U.S. Senator Ever!
EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler is the nation's third-ever Black woman U.S. Senator after California Gov. Gavin Newsome selected her to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat.
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Kamala Harris has been a strong and constant voice on some of the most important issues of our time from voting rights to climate change.
Senator Raphael Warnock was projected to win the Georgia senate runoff with a narrow election victory over Herschel Walker in a contest that was close until the very end. The runoff election victory was Warnock’s second in as many years and paves the way for him to serve a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate.