Voted into history

This year’s midterm elections made history. The results have seen new representation of people of color, women, members of the LGBTQ community and younger generations. Here are some of the notable moments:

Nation’s first lesbian governor is elected

Maura Healey, a Democrat, was elected governor of Massachusetts, the country’s first lesbian governor, in a year with record numbers of LGBTQ candidates.

Maryland elects its first Black governor

Democrat Wes Moore won the gubernatorial race in Maryland to become the state’s first Black governor and the third Black elected governor in U.S. history.

First Gen Z representative in Congress

Maxwell Frost, Democrat and newly elected representative in Florida’s 10th District, becomes the first representative from his generation.

Arkansas elects its first female governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican and the White House press secretary under President Donald Trump, becomes the first woman to win the governorship in Arkansas.

First transgender man in state legislature

James Roesener was elected to New Hampshire’s Legislature, the first transgender man to win in any state legislature election.

Vermont is last state to send a woman to Congress

With Democrat Becca Balint winning the state’s sole House seat, Vermont became the last state to elect a woman to Congress.

In other historic election news, Vermont voters approved a proposal amending the state Constitution to ensure “personal reproductive liberty.” With this ballot measure, Vermont becomes the first state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution.

BRYAN WOOLSTON/AP Democrat Wes Moore, with lieutenant governor nominee Aruna Miller, will be Maryland’s new governor.

WILL NEWTON/AP Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders celebrates in Little Rock, Ark.