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2022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]
The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.
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Democrats Are Betting On Black Voters To Help Hold the Senate
Concerned about keeping Biden from becoming a lame duck, the party is doubling down on Black folks. Are we surprised?
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NC's 1st Black Female Supreme Court Justice May Lose Her Seat to the Most Conservative Man on the Court
North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as the state’s chief justice is still fighting for her seat as a recount begins in a race where only 406 votes separate Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley from her challenger, Justice Paul Newby, after nearly 5.4 million votes were cast. As Slate outlines, the race could have…
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North Carolina State Supreme Court Appoints First Black Woman Chief Justice
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in this past weekend in front of more than 1,000 people, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Beasley, appointed to the state’s highest court in 2012 by Democratic governor Beverly Perdue, was sworn in by Associate Justice…