历史上首次，三名黑人女性将同时在美国参议院任职，伊利诺伊州副州长朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿将于1月就职。
For the first time in history, three Black women will serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate when Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton takes office in January.
为何重要：美国参议院用了超过235年才出现两名黑人女性同时任职。两年后，这一数字将增至三名。
Why it matters: It took over 235 years for two Black women to serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time. Two years later, that number will grow to three.
新闻背景：据美联社报道，斯特拉顿周二当选美国参议员，击败共和党人唐·特雷西。
Driving the news: Stratton won election to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Republican Don Tracy, per AP.
- 她将与参议员丽莎·布兰特·罗切斯特（特拉华州民主党籍）和安吉拉·阿尔索布鲁克斯（马里兰州民主党籍）并肩工作，两人均于2024年当选，并于2025年成为首批同时任职的两名黑人女性参议员。
• She'll join Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Maryland), who were both elected in 2024 and became the first two Black women to serve simultaneously in 2025.
- 斯特拉顿竞选团队未立即回应《Axios》的置评请求。
• The Stratton campaign did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
数据说明：斯特拉顿将成为第六位在美国参议院任职的黑人女性，也是伊利诺伊州的第二位，该州的卡罗尔·莫斯利·布劳恩于1992年成为首位当选参议院的黑人女性。
By the numbers: Stratton will become the sixth Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and the second from Illinois, where Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman ever elected to the chamber in 1992.
- 前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯于2016年成为第二位当选参议员的黑人女性。前参议员拉丰扎·巴特勒于2023年由加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森任命，成为第三位任职的黑人女性，但她从未当选。
• Former Vice President Kamala Harris became the second Black woman elected to the Senate in 2016. Former Sen. Laphonza Butler became the third to serve when California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed her in 2023, but she was never elected. The bottom line
结论：斯特拉顿和参议员塔米·达克沃思将使伊利诺伊州成为首个由两名有色人种女性同时在参议院代表的州。
Stratton and Sen. Tammy Duckworth will make Illinois the first state represented by two women of color in the Senate simultaneously.