Never thought I’d say this, but DEI is back!

Diversity, equity and inclusion had an excellent midterm election:

California got its first elected Latino governor, Xavier Becerra .

New Mexico elected its first Native American governor, Deb Haaland .

Minnesota elected the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, Peggy Flanagan .

Texas elected its first Latina governor, Gina Hinojosa.

Georgia elected the first Black female governor in American history, Keisha Lance Bottoms .

Michigan elected the first Muslim to the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed .

New Hampshire elected the first out gay male U.S. senator, Chris Pappas.

Six transgender and nonbinary candidates won races in states that had never elected a trans person to their legislatures.

As for ideological diversity, democratic socialists also had a great election night: Six new representatives will be seated in the House, alongside New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michigan Rep.…