Praise the Lord, she said with relief and surprise. That's wonderful. With Ms. Alsobrooks's come-from-behind victory in Tuesday's primary, voters in November will most likely have the chance to double the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate.
If both win in November, for the first time, two Black women will serve in Congress's upper chamber at the same time.
For years, the national Democratic Party has faced criticism that it has declined to back Black women to the hilt, either in primaries or general elections, when they have run for statewide offices.
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