Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate after she defeated Republican Eric Hansen and independent candidate Mike Katz, NBC News projects. Blunt Rochester,

Delaware’s U.S. Senate race stands to be a historic one, as U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester is poised to become the state’s first Black person and first woman U.S. Senator. If elected, she’ll be the fourth-ever Black woman to sit in the U.

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester easily won election to the U.S. Senate, making her the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the chamber, the Associated Press projected just after the polls closed.