Democrats Black Women Candidates
FILE – In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Cheri Beasley, center, swears in Presidential electors of North Carolina’s Electoral College as they gather to cast their votes at the State Capitol Building in Raleigh, N.C. In addition to Virginia, two Black women are running for U.S. Senate from North Carolina in 2022: former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and former legislator Erica Smith. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)