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The 2022 midterm elections are expected to make history with their candidates: As vote counting wraps up across the country, ABC News projects that residents in several states will elect their first female, minority, LGTBQ and Gen Z candidates to state and federal offices.
Maura Healey is projected to be a “first” in multiple ways with her victory in the Massachusetts governor’s race.
The Democrat, who currently serves as the state’s attorney general, will not only be the state’s first woman and first openly lesbian elected governor, she will also be the first openly lesbian governor in U.S. history.
In Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore is projected to beat Republican Dan Cox and became the state’s first Black governor.
