Native American Women Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids Make History

Phoenix (US): Democratic candidates Deb Haaland from New Mexico and Sharice Davids from Kansas made history by becoming the first Native American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives, according to provisional data. Haaland won in the traditionally Democratic congressional district 1 against Republican opponent Janice Arnold-Jones, with 59 percent of the votes, with 36 percent to the conservative candidate, reports Efe news. From this historic triumph, Davids was elected with 53 percent of the votes and 44 percent going to her Republican opponent Kevin Yoder, with all votes counted.

Davids, a former mixed martial arts fighter and lawyer, is the first Native American woman and the first openly LGBT person from Kansas elected to Congress. Haaland, who led the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017 and was the state’s Native American vote director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2012, will fill the vacancy left by Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who won the governor’s election. (IANS)

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