Two Americans of Ukrainian origin won in the gubernatorial elections, the Voice of America reports.
'On November 6, a 43-year-old member of the Democratic party Jared Polis won the gubernatorial elections in Colorado. He is also an open representative of the LGBT community,' the message says.
Since 2009, Polis represented Colorado in the House of Representatives in the Senate. Before that, he was famous as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He and his lover are bringing up two kids.
'A millionaire, representative of the Democratic Party who comes from a family of the Ukrainian migrants Jay Robert Pritzker becomes a newly elected Governor of Illinois,' the same message says.
Pritzker is one of 11 billionaires of the Pritzkers, whose fortune is worth $33,5 billion.
'I come from the Ukrainian Jewish people and I am proud to work with the local community who survived in the Holocaust,' he says.
Earlier, on November 6, midterm elections to the Congress were held in the U.S. The Democratic Party received the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. Yet, the Republicans have consolidated the majority in the Senate, which President Trump called a 'tremendous success'.
The House of Representatives is responsible for the adoption of new laws, which influence the U.S. external policy, in particular. The Senate deals with the staff appointments and controls the White House.
