Stacey Plaskett has won the U.S. Virgin Islands governor’s race, becoming the first woman elected to lead the territory and the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. territory.

Plaskett and her running mate, Senate President Milton Potter, received approximately 62.8% of the vote in the Nov. 3 election.

Plaskett has represented the U.S. Virgin Islands as its delegate to Congress since 2015. Her election now moves her from representing the territory in Washington to preparing to lead its executive branch.

She will succeed Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., who congratulated Plaskett and Potter following their victory and emphasized the responsibility that comes with earning voters’ trust.

The result marks a breakthrough more than half a century after Virgin Islanders gained the right to elect their own governor. Plaskett’s victory opens a new chapter in the territory’s political history, placing a woman in its highest elected office for the first time.

Her win also came during an election that delivered another historic milestone: Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s governor’s race, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. Both Plaskett and Bottoms are members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.