2024 General Election: Black Women Make History as California and U.S. Senators
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 12, 2024
Top row (left to right): Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), Laura Richardson – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. Bottom row (left to right): Lisa Blunt-Rochester (Delaware), Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland), and Michelle Chambers – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. PHOTO: Courtesy of CBM
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
There is one African American woman currently serving in the California State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights).
It’s the same in the U.S. Senate.
In October of 2023 . . .
