Sharice Davids makes history: Kansas' 1st gay rep, 1st Native American woman in Congress

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Kansas City Star

BY BRYAN LOWRY AND KATY BERGEN

Kansas voters made history Tuesday when they selected Sharice Davids to be their next congresswoman.

Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, will be the first Native American woman to serve in Congress — a distinction she shared with New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, who also won Tuesday — and the first openly LGBT person to represent the state of Kansas.

The political newcomer defeated four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder to capture Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. It’s the first time a Democrat has won the suburban Kansas City seat in a decade.

“We have the opportunity to reset expectations about what people think when they think of Kansas,” Davids said during her victory speech before hundreds of supporters at the Embassy Suites in Olathe. “We know there are so many of us who welcome everyone, who see everyone and who know that everyone should have the opportunity to succeed.”

Read more: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article221156115.html

[NorCen_CT]

1. One of my favorite pick-ups in the House!

As badly as I wanted Jay Sidie to win in 2016 (and I wanted him to win BAD), I prefer Davids to him, so I guess I can say it was worth the wait. Hopefully KS continues to turn less red/more blue!

[Bfd]

4. Top of my fav list too. Her life story is an amazing one. She represents much

of the plight of people with their eyes on a better place.
She's connected to those continuously pushed to the side.

Kansas has turned a big corner today.

[2naSalit]

2. That's right!

I'm really glad about that!

[left-of-center2012]

3. Debra Haaland first Native American woman in Congress

Here in New Mexico we are proud of our "first Native American woman in Congress"
8:50 p.m. MT Nov. 6, 2018

Democrat Debra Haaland has defeated Republican Janice E. Arnold-Jones in a New Mexico U.S. House race, earning a groundbreaking congressional victory as a Native American woman and keeping an open seat under Democratic control.

Haaland is an enrolled Laguna Pueblo member. She was one of a few Native American women seeking to become the first elected to Congress on Tuesday.

Republican Yvette Herrell, a member of the Cherokee Nation, is in a hotly contested race for another open U.S. House seat in New Mexico. And Democrat Sharice Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, won a U.S. House seat in Kansas.

https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/debra-haaland-first-native-american-woman-congress/1913502002/

[Bfd]

5. This is so encouraging. If these people can overcome to rise above the hype, then

maybe there's a miracle waiting someday for North Dakota too.

[SunSeeker]

6. Such a sweet victory on so many levels.