Meet the four female Democratic candidates standing up to Donald Trump in the 2018 midterm elections on 6 November. Stacey Abrams and Christine Hallquist could become the first black and transgender governors in the US respectively, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the youngest woman elected, and Ayanna Pressley the first black woman to represent Massachusetts. This year a record 53 women ran for the Senate and 476 for the House of Representatives

• The key races to watch at the midterms