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Midterm Elections 2022, Politics

2022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]

The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

November 24, 2022
Politics

Summer Lee Clinging To Lead In Historic PA Congressional Race

She’s running to be the first Black woman to rep the state in Congress

By

Keith Reed

Published

May 18, 2022
Politics

Meet the Black Man Who Could Be PA’s Second-Highest Elected Official

Austin Davis has some serious backing in his run for lieutenant governor

By

Keith Reed

Published

January 4, 2022
Very Smart Brothas

Radical, Socialist, Feminist and Black: Meet Newly Elected Pennsylvania State Rep. Summer Lee

I was introduced to Summer Lee last year by a mutual friend. We met for drinks in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, and she shared her background (Howard University Law grad who recently moved back to the Pittsburgh area), the work she was currently doing to oust racist members of the Woodland Hills School…

By

Damon Young

Published

May 16, 2018