![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/candidates-making-history-in-the-midterms/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA13U931.jpeg&description=Projected results are rolling in, and whilst all victories are special, some are more historical than others. Here are the candidates making history in the 2022 US midterm elections. © BBC Katie Britt © Getty Images The BBC'S US partner CBS News projects that Republican candidate Katie Britt, 40, will be elected as Alabama's first woman to serve in the US Senate. Ms Britt will replace Senator Richard Shelby, who is retiring at the end of this term after 36 years in the Senate. She beat Democrat Will Boyd to secure the position. "I am humbled, I am honoured and grateful," she said to supporters. https://twitter.com/KatieBrittforAL/status/1588887195410399232Fifty-eight women so far have served as US senators - the first was elected in 1932.Britt said that she would be the only female Republican with school-age children in the Senate, pledging to build a better future for young people and calling 2022 "the year of the parent".Maxwell Frost © Getty Images Democrat Maxwell Frost, 25, is projected to win in Florida's 10th Congressional District. Born in 1997, he is the first member of Generation Z elected to serve in the US Congress. His win was not an unexpected one, with his campaign focusing on gun violence, climate change, abortion rights and expanded healthcare, which appealed to younger voters. https://twitter.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1590152059570905089 Frost may not be the only Gen Z candidate elected in 2022. Republican Karoline Leavitt is also running in New Hampshire's First Congressional District.But he is believed to be the first Afro-Cuban to serve. Maura Healey © Getty Images Democrat Maura Healey, 51, the projected winner of Massachusetts's gubernatorial race, is the first lesbian to be elected governor. Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative who had the endorsement of Donald Trump. Her win ends eight years of Republican leadership after Charlie Baker opted not to seek re-election. Healey is one of two openly lesbian candida){kind=link}
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Projected results are rolling in, and whilst all victories are special, some are more historic than others. Here are the candidates making history in the 2022 US midterm elections.
The BBC’S US partner CBS News projects that Republican candidate Katie Britt, 40, will be elected as Alabama’s first woman to serve in the US Senate.
Ms Britt will replace Senator Richard Shelby, who is retiring at the end of this term after 36 years in the Senate. She beat Democrat Will Boyd to secure the position.