Meet the Women History Makers of the Midterms

Kathy Hochul became New York's first woman governor when Andrew Cuomo resigned in August 2021, but on Election Day, she became the first woman to be formally elected for governor in the state. "The lessons of tonight with this victory are that given the choice, New Yorkers refuse to go backwards on our long march towards progress," she said in a speech following her defeat of Lee Zeldin.