Yes, let breathe and take a break before the coronation of King Barack Obama and let's pay a little tribute to other African Americans breaking down barriers.
Lawyer and nonprofit executive Donna Edwards won a special election Tuesday for Maryland’s 4th Congressional District, becoming the state’s first black woman to be elected to Congress. Edwards, a Democrat, beat...
Republican Peter James in the race to serve the remainder of former Congressman Albert Wynn’s term. Wynn left office on May 31 to take a lobbying job in the capital after losing to Edwards in the February Democratic primary by 22 percentage points.
Edwards, 49, will hold the seat for the rest of the year. James also won his party’s primary in February, meaning he and Edwards will face each other again in November’s general election to determine who will serve when the next Congress begins in early 2009.