{"id":1732058,"date":"2022-11-09T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732058"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:17:55","slug":"kate-britt-becomes-first-elected-female-senator-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kate-britt-becomes-first-elected-female-senator-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Britt Becomes First Elected Female Senator in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkate-britt-becomes-first-elected-female-senator-in-alabama%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Republican Katie Britt has made history by becoming the first woman to be elected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Senate from Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The self-described 40-year-old &#8220;mama on a mission&#8221; is projected by Fox News\u2019 Decision Desk to defeat Democrat Will Boyd after, so far, capturing around two thirds of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are going to see headlines about me being the first woman ever elected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\/2022\/midterm-results\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Senate<\/a> from this state of Alabama. You\u2019ll hear that I may be the youngest Republican woman in history elected to the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Britt told supporters in Montgomery. &#8220;Or maybe that I\u2019m the only Republican female with school-aged children in this Senate &#8212; these are all kinds of firsts.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am humbled, I am honored and grateful. I want you to know I understand what a tremendous responsibility these milestones carry and I do not take that lightly,&#8221; she added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-results-predictions-candidates-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2022\u00a0MIDTERM\u00a0ELECTIONS: LIVE UPDATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Katie-Britt-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Republican Katie Britt speaks to supporters at her election night watch party after winning the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, on Nov. 8 in Montgomery, Alabama.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Republican Katie Britt speaks to supporters at her election night watch party after winning the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, on Nov. 8 in Montgomery, Alabama.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Vasha Hunt)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have far too many politicians in Washington that only want to gripe about things and do nothing to actually solve the problems,&#8221; Britt also said. &#8220;What I want you to hear from me tonight is that I want to be part of the solution. It\u2019s not lost on me that that\u2019s likely why Alabama is sending a momma to the U.S. Senate \u2013 you know to actually\u00a0get things done.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Britt will fill the seat held by Richard Shelby, her one-time boss who is retiring after 35 years in the Senate. Britt was Shelby\u2019s chief of staff before leaving to take the helm of a state business lobby. The state\u2019s previous female senators, both Democrats, had been appointed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-users-mock-chris-hayes-flip-flops-declares-gop-victory-wont-end-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TWITTER USERS MOCK CHRIS HAYES AS HE FLIP-FLOPS, DEVLARES \u2018GOP VICTORY\u2019 WON&#8217;T BE &#8216;END OF DEMOCRACY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Britt ran under the banner of &#8220;Alabama First&#8221; and secured the GOP nomination after a heated primary. She was first in the initial round of voting and then defeated six-term Rep. Mo Brooks in a primary runoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Katie-Britt-2.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Katie Britt greets young people in the audience at her election-night watch party.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Katie Britt greets young people in the audience at her election-night watch party.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Vasha Hunt)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brooks, who ran under the banner &#8220;MAGA Mo&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; campaign slogan \u2014 and was initially endorsed by the former president, had been an early favorite in the race. However, Brooks faltered under a barrage of attack ads and lackluster fundraising. As Britt surged in the polls, Trump rescinded his endorsement of Brooks and shifted his support to Britt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Katie-Britt-3.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Newly elected Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, joined by her family onstage, speaks to supporters at her election night watch party\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Newly elected Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, joined by her family onstage, speaks to supporters at her election night watch party<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Vasha Hunt)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Britt began her political career working for Shelby. She thanked the outgoing senior senator for taking a chance on her 20 years ago and called him &#8220;Alabama&#8217;s greatest statesman&#8221; who left a lasting legacy on the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am going to tackle challenges head on,&#8221; Britt told supporters Tuesday. &#8220;I am going to look at the things staring us in the face, whether it is inflation or crime, the border crisis, the opioid epidemic, making sure that we expand mental health and that people have access to high-speed Internet. I am going to support peace through strength, ensuring that our incredible men and women in uniform are the best equipped, resourced and trained in the world.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Katie Britt has made history by becoming the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama.The self-described 40-year-old &#8220;mama on a mission&#8221; is projected by Fox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1732061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1732058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}