Midterm election results 2022: Gen Z candidate Maxwell Frost is elected to Congress, plus more firsts

November 9, 2022:

The 2022 midterms have already brought a number of historic firsts, including Congress seeing its youngest lawmaker and states that have only ever been led by men getting their first woman governor.

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, has officially become the first Gen Z member elected to Congress after winning a House seat in Florida’s 10th Congressional District.

Frost’s win notably adds to the body’s generational diversity: The average age of a House member is currently 58, and more than 80 percent of members are Gen X or baby boomers. Frost’s victory — which was driven by his advocacy for stronger gun control laws and support for progressive policies like Medicare-for-all — strengthens the representation a younger set of voices, which tend to lean more liberal, will have in Congress. He will be the first Afro-Cuban person in Congress as well, adding to the diversity of a body that is still more than 75 percent white.

WE WON!!!! History was made tonight. We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future. I am beyond thankful for the opportunity to represent my home in the United States Congress. #FL10

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) November 9, 2022

Frost is just one candidate who made history this week along with Massachusetts gubernatorial winner Maura Healey and Arkansas gubernatorial winner Sarah Huckabee Sanders, both of whom were the first women elected to these roles. We’ll have a running list of candidates who are historic firsts as election results come in.

Maura Healey is the first woman and first openly gay person elected as governor of Massachusetts. Healey, the state’s attorney general, beat former Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl and ran on protecting abortion access and improving child care costs. Healey also touted her record as AG while on the trail, focusing on her confrontations with ExxonMobil over how it deceived investors about its role in climate change and taking on OxyContin and Purdue Pharma over their roles in the opioid crisis. She flips control of the state back to Democrats after Republicans held it for eight years.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has become the first woman and first openly gay person elected governor of Massachusetts.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the first woman elected as governor of Arkansas. Huckabee Sanders, who was the White House press secretary under then-President Donald Trump, beat Democrat Chris Jones and put forth a platform of tackling crime and implementing tax cuts. Huckabee Sanders takes on the role roughly 15 years after her father Mike Huckabee held the same position.

Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the first woman elected governor of Arkansas.

Katie Britt, the former CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, is the first woman elected to the US Senate from Alabama. Previously, two women represented the state in the Senate as appointees. Britt served as chief of staff to sitting Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby and will take over his seat. Britt has said she’ll prioritize policy aimed at reducing the national debt, back abortion restrictions, and embody a new generation of leadership while in the role.

Katie Britt is the first woman from Alabama to be elected to the US Senate.

Wes Moore, a veteran, former nonprofit executive, and author, is the first Black person elected governor of Maryland. Moore beat Trump-backed nominee and election denier Dan Cox by focusing on protecting abortion access and addressing childhood poverty. He will flip gubernatorial control of Maryland, generally considered a blue state, back to Democrats. Moore becomes just the third Black governor elected in the country.

Democrat Wes Moore, his wife Dawn, and their children react after Moore was declared the winner of the Maryland gubernatorial race in Baltimore on November 8.

Becca Balint, a former teacher and state senator, is the first woman and openly gay person elected to Congress from Vermont. Balint’s election to Vermont’s at-large House seat makes history in the state, which is the last in the US to elect a woman as a member of Congress. She has championed progressive policies including Medicare-for-all and lists paid family leave among her priorities.

Vermont state Sen. Becca Balint speaks to voters in Colchester, Vermont, on July 24. Balint is the first woman and openly gay person elected to Congress from Vermont.

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