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Today’s Goodnewsletter celebrates some more historic wins for representation, LGBTQ+ rights, and more from yesterday’s midterm elections. We’ll keep sharing good news you should know throughout the week as more results are solidified.
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Virginia voters enshrined marriage equality into the state’s constitution
Virginia voters decisively approved a constitutional amendment to repeal the state’s ban on same-sex marriage and enshrine marriage equality into state law.
Twenty years ago, Virginia voters opted to add a ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution, though it’s been unenforceable for nearly a decade due to federal precedent.
The newly approved amendment establishes marriage as a fundamental right for consenting adults regardless of sex, gender, or race, and requires the state to equally recognize marriages.
Why is this good news? While federal precedent still protects same-sex marriage rights nationwide, these laws remaining on the books at the state level still cause harm. Plus, if federal precedent were to ever change, Virginia voters made it clear where they stand in protecting marriage equality.
For the first time in history, there will be three Black women serving at the same time in the Senate
In the 2026 midterms, Illinois voters elected Juliana Stratton to the United States Senate. She will be the sixth Black woman to serve in the Senate, the second from Illinois, and will serve alongside current Sen. Tammy Duckworth, making Illinois the first state to have two women of color in the Senate.
Perhaps even more significantly, when she takes office in January, Stratton will join Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks — the trio making history as the first three Black women to serve at the same time in the Senate.
It took 235 years from when the Senate first convened to have two Black women serving simultaneously for the first time — just two years later, it will be three. It’s historic progress for representation in a country as diverse as the U.S.
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