Ghazala Hashmi Steve Helber/AP

State and local elections on Tuesday ushered in historic firsts for women and minorities across the country.

Democrat Ghazala Hashmi, for example, became the first Muslim woman elected to the Virginia state Senate.

Somali-American women who came to the US as refugees also won big victories.

Meanwhile, Boston’s city council will now have a female majority for the first time in its history as well as more minorities than ever.

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The 2018 midterm elections saw voters elect a record number of women to the House of Representatives, with a number of individual candidates achieving historic firsts with their victories.

That trend continued in many ways on Tuesday, as women and minorities — including Muslim women and refugees — won historic victories in state and local elections across the country.

These victories come after a summer in which President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked women of color serving in Congress, including those who won historic victories last year. Trump’s rhetoric toward Muslims and on racial issues has long been controversial and even ventured into outright racism.