Black candidates from both parties made history in midterm elections

Several midterm winners broke barriers, but with campaigns that focused on delivering material change to the lives of Americans.

The 2026 midterm elections made history for several candidates, as voters are projected to have elected the country's first Black, Native American and Latina female governors and more major firsts. ABC News political contributor Mary Jordan breaks down the historic night.

The whole improbable "leading from the middle" campaign of Kansas Pastor Adam Hamilton, who switched parties in January to run against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall as a Democrat, only began to get national notice recently, after the president started freaking out about the polls he said were…

Pastor Adam Hamilton, who became the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate to represent Kansas in nearly a century, will continue as senior pastor of his church.