Health-sector wins help Democrats reclaim Congress — SkimNews
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- Abdul El-Sayed won a Michigan Senate seat for Democrats as an epidemiologist, one of the election’s most notable victories.
- Annie Andrews flipped South Carolina’s Senate seat for Democrats in a major upset, helping hand control of the chamber to the party.
- Amy Acton was elected governor of Ohio after serving as the state’s pandemic-era health director, bringing a physician into the state’s top office.
- Mitchell Berman, a registered nurse, flipped a Wisconsin House seat as Democrats retook the chamber.
- Rebecca Bennett, a health care executive, flipped a House seat in New Jersey.
- Democrats elected microbiologist Jasmine Clark in Georgia, microbiologist Manny Rutinel in a Colorado seat flip and pediatrician Richard Pan in California to the House.
Why it matters: Democrats gained control of both chambers from Republicans, with the source naming two Senate winners, one governor and five House winners tied to health care or science. The material shift is that medical professionals, scientists and a health executive now occupy eight federal or state offices.
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