The ILA celebrates the reelection of our endorsed candidates Senator Robert Menendez in New Jersey and Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York and applauds the efforts of Andrew Gillum in Florida; Beto O’Rourke in Texas and Stacey Abrams in Georgia. . The face of American politics is changing..…

However, history was not made in high-profile, competitive races for the governor’s mansions as Andrew Gillum in Florida and Benjamin Jealous in Maryland lost their bids to become the first African American chief executives of those states.  In one of the biggest battles of the election season,..…

Both Democratic candidates -- Andrew Gillum Florida and Stacey Abrams Georgia -- would be African-American governors of their respective states. In Georgia, if neither Abrams Republican Brian Kemp wins majority of the vote on Tuesday -- possibility given the closeness of the..…

Many states are represented in Congress for the first time by an African-American or Latina woman. Stacey Abrams might still become the Governor of Georgia, which would be historic in many respects. ..…

FEATURING JODI JACOBSON Women made history on night with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becoming Congress youngest ever woman, Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids becoming the two first ever Native American in House and Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib becoming the first ever Muslim American Representatives. By..…