Primary results prove 2018 will be a breakthrough year for Democratic diversity
By James Hohmann
May 23 at 9:26 AM
THE BIG IDEA: This will not just be another year of the woman. Primaries across four Southern states on Tuesday showed that 2018 is the year of the minority woman.
Four years ago, Democrats nominated just two racial minorities for governor. Both were men: Anthony Brown in Maryland and David Ige in Hawaii.
This year, with the same 36 states holding gubernatorial contests, Democrats have already nominated three minority women. And it’s only May.
On Tuesday, Georgia Democrats gave former State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, 44, a shot to become the first black, female governor in American history. She crushed Stacey Evans, who is white and argued that the way to win is to appeal to the middle — not the left. “We are writing the next chapter of Georgia’s future, where no one is unseen, no one is unheard and no one is uninspired,” Abrams said at her victory rally in Atlanta.
In Texas, former Dallas County sheriff Lupe Valdez won the Democratic runoff to take on Gov. Greg Abbott. The 70-year-old, who is openly lesbian, would be the first Latina to lead the Lone Star State and only the second Hispanic woman ever elected governor. She defeated the son of former Texas governor Mark White, whose campaign was built around a promise to “continue my dad’s legacy.”
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