Eight Nigerian-Americans won in the United States midterm elections held on Tuesday, 8 November 2022.
In the midterm election, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate were contested.
In Georgia state, Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, and Phil Olaleye won their legislative seats as state representatives in Districts 110, 102, 43, 68 and 59 respectively.
Similarly, Carol Kazeem won the Pennsylvania state representative in District 159.
While Esther Agbaje was re-elected as Minnesota state representative in District 59B, Dr. Oye Owolewa was also re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (shadow representative) in Washington DC.
Ezinwanne Onwuka, senior staff reporter and columnist with WAP is a Nigerian-based writer and content developer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her interests include reading, writing, researching and graphic designing.
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