… ever elected to the United States Senate, by the way, our state was the first to elect A first black woman to the United States, Carol Mosley Braun. And now We're going to become the first state ever to elect a second black woman to the United States [Senate]. the first state ever. And two people of color. Tammy Duckworth, who's Asian American, is our other senator. So we're going to have two incredible senators. (18:32–18:43)
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Asserts that Illinois will be the first state to elect a second black woman to the U.S. Senate.
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