Delaware Congresswoman Launches Historic Bid for Senate

Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester made history as the first woman and first African-American to represent Delaware when she won a seat in Congress in 2017. Now she hopes to make history again, if she’s elected as the state’s first African-American female U.S. senator.

“Representing the First State has been the honor of my life,” Blunt Rochester said. “I look forward to continuing to represent and deliver for all of Delaware from Wilmington and New Castle County,to Kent County, and down to Sussex County in the United States Senate.”

The 61-year-old lawmaker announced her Senate candidacy in a video Wednesday morning. The ad, dubbed “Bright Hope,” centers around her upbringing in a local church where her grandmother worshiped.

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