If he wins, he’d be the first African American governor in the state of New Jersey and only the second Black governor currently in office, next to Gov. Wes Moore in Maryland. Only six Black ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan's first Black lieutenant governor, announced he's jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday.

Garlin Gilchrist II, the first Black person elected as Michigan’s lieutenant governor, is throwing his hat in the 2026 race for governor, telling theGrio exclusively that he plans to take the ...

Virginia will likely elect its first woman governor this year. Why it matters: The Commonwealth's gubernatorial race, which ...

Should that be Earle-Sears, the next governor would be the first Black woman to hold the office. It will also be the first major test of President Donald Trump’s political muscle since he ...

Virginia voters will elect their first female governor in November. If Earle-Sears emerges victorious, she could be the nation’s first black female governor in the nation. But the historic ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan’s first Black lieutenant governor, announced he’s jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday.