Tuesday’s winning Democratic pioneers broke ground and talked policy

Politics

It was a night of political firsts for Democrats. Christine Hallquist is the first openly transgender person to win a major party's nomination for governor. Jahana Hayes could become the first black woman in Congress from New England. And Ilhan Omar, a former refugee, is poised to be Congress’ first Somali-American. Judy Woodruff talks with Lisa Desjardins and Stuart Rothenberg about the results.

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