Abigail Spanberger, Zohran Mamdani and Mikie Sherrill. Getty Images

Several candidates made history during Tuesday’s elections in races in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and Michigan. Here’s a list of the newly elected state and local candidates who ran historic campaigns:

Abigail Spanberger

Former US Rep. Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor . The former CIA officer was first elected to Congress in 2018, when she flipped control of a longtime Republican-held seat. She defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who would have been the first Black female governor in US history.

Mikie Sherrill

US Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, will be New Jersey’s first Democratic female governor . The state’s first female governor, Christine Todd Whitman

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