Senate likely to double the number of elected African American women

CBS News projects that former Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will win the Delaware Senate seat, making her the third African American woman elected to the Senate. Though too early to project, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is leading in the Maryland Senate race. If both win, they could double the number of Black women elected to the U.S. Senate. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.

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