When Rev. Raphael Warnock prevailed in the special election on Jan. 5, he was the first African American from Georgia to win a U.S. Senate seat, and the 11th African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
But as a political scientist who has studied African American candidates seeking statewide offices like governor or U.S. senator, I know that Warnock’s real victories were as an African American candidate who had no previous elected experience and won a Senate seat, and he became the first African American to defeat a sitting senator or governor. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, left, used debates to try to discredit her opponent, but Raphael Warnock effectively countered those efforts.
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Wilder: Virginia is headed back to re-segregation in schools
Virginia s first Black governor says state is headed back to re-segregation in schools By Henry Graff | February 4, 2021 at 5:35 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 6:41 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Virginia’s first Black governor says the state is headed back to re-segregation in schools.
But, Doug Wilder also says there’s still hope if the right people step up.
Former governor Wilder points to a VCU study from late last year indicating school segregation by race and poverty is deepening in Virginia.
Wilder says the solution is money.
“I don’t think there’s any question that we’re going through a period of witnessing racism and the return to some aspects of it,” Doug Wilder, (D) Former Virginia Governor, said.
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