Multiple African-American Governors Elected Simultaneously for the First Time in U.S. Midterm Elections

On November 04 that, according to NBC News Politics, Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore won re-election, Florida Republican Congressman Byron Donalds secured the gubernatorial victory, and Georgia Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won her state's race, marking the first time in U.S. history that multiple elected Black governors will serve simultaneously. Previously, only three Black governors had been elected in U.S. history: Moore, Deval Patrick who was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2006, and Douglas Wilder who was elected governor of Virginia in 1989; the three never served at the same time. The report noted that five additional Black major-party gubernatorial candidates appeared on the ballots that day.