Beyond a high-profile race in Illinois that will put a
black in the U.S. Senate for only the fifth time, two Hispanics and one
person who is part Native American are expected to win seats in
November in the virtually all-white chamber. In the Senate's 215-year
history only 15 of its members have been minorities -- Hispanics,
native Americans, Asians and blacks, according to official Senate
records. Currently there are only three: Hawaii's two Democrats, Daniel
Inouye and Daniel Akaka, both of Asian heritage, and Colorado's Ben
Nighthorse Campbell, a Republican of Northern Cheyenne descent.
Campbell is retiring from the Senate this year. [more ]
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