Words & Tricks

Election 2006; There’s a First Time for Everything

Some of the firsts from this year’s election:

1. Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Speaker of the House, third in line for the presidency.
2. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim in Congress.
3. Keith Ellison, the first Black person elected to the House from Minnesota.
4. Amy Klobachar, the first woman to be elected to the Senate from Minnesota.

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Update 11/09/2006 11:57 AM

C’mon people. Whatever happened to Web 2.0? Social media? I had to dig up these two firsts myself:

1. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the first Socialist to be elected to the U.S. Senate
2. Deval Patrick, the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts

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Update 11/09/2006 6:36 PM

1. Ellen Young is the first Asian Assemblywoman in New York.

Please comment and add any local or national firsts you’re aware of this year, and correct me if I’m wrong on any of the above.

Thanks!

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