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Today — 17 September 2024Main stream

In 2024 Senate Races, Democrats Hope for Record in Electing Black Women

16 September 2024 at 23:02
With Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket and Senate seats open, Democrats could for the first time send two Black women to the chamber.

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Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Senate candidate in Delaware, speaking at the Democratic National Convention last month. “To know that you’re going to be in a place and belong” was invaluable, she said on Friday.
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James Sasser, Senator and Clinton’s Envoy to China, Dies at 87

12 September 2024 at 21:38
He became ambassador after three terms as a senator from Tennessee. In 1999, he was made a virtual prisoner in the embassy in Beijing during a siege by protesters.
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