Five candidates of Ghanaian descent, including two for the U.S. House of Representatives, won their races in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, according to reports.

Democrats Gabe Amo of Rhode Island and Adrian Boafo of Maryland won U.S. House seats. Bernice Mireku-North and Abena Affum-McAllister won seats in the Maryland House of Delegates, and Allen Buansi won a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Maryland's results are unofficial until certified.

The midterms are held halfway through a president's four-year term, and all 435 House seats and 35 of the Senate's 100 seats were on the ballot.

Congress sets U.S. policy on immigration, visas, foreign aid and trade, areas of keen interest to Ghana and its diaspora.

Below are te 5 Ghanaian Americans who won their elections in 2026

Gabe Amo, US House, Rhode Island District 1

Gabe Amo

Gabe Amo was born in 1987 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to a Ghanaian father who owns a liquor store and a Liberian mother who works as a nurse. He studied at Wheaton College in Massachusetts and later attended Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. Before running for office, he worked in the Obama White House and later in the Biden administration, serving as a deputy director in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Amo won a special election in November 2023 to succeed David Cicilline, becoming the first person of colour elected to Congress from Rhode Island. He was re-elected in 2024 with about 63% of the vote. YEN.com.gh reported that he won again this year with about 68% when 97% of votes had been counted.

Adrian Boafo, US House, Maryland District 5

Adrian

Adrian Boafo was born in 1994 in Arlington, Virginia, and grew up in Maryland. His parents emigrated from Ghana in the 1980s.

He earned a degree in government and public policy from the University of Baltimore, where he served as student government president, and an MBA from American University.

He managed Steny Hoyer's campaigns from 2018 to 2021, won a seat on the Bowie City Council in 2019, and has served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2023.

In January 2026, he announced his run for the congressional seat Hoyer is leaving, and he won the Democratic primary in June with about 33% of the vote.

He went on to win the seat, and notes that his campaign drew criticism from some fellow Democrats over money from outside super PACs.

Bernice Mireku-North, Maryland House of Delegates, District 14

Bernice Mireku-North


Bernice Mireku-North describes herself as the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants. She grew up in Montgomery County, graduated from the Communication Arts Program at Montgomery Blair High School, and went on to the University of Maryland and Howard University School of Law.

She worked as an assistant state's attorney in Anne Arundel County for six years before opening her own criminal defence practice, the North Law Group.

She was appointed to the House of Delegates in January 2023 to fill a vacancy, after an unsuccessful run for Montgomery County State's Attorney the year before.

She chairs the child care subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee and lives in Silver Spring with her husband and daughter.

Abena Affum-McAllister, Maryland House of Delegates, District 28

Abena Affum


Abena Affum-McAllister works as a director at the Charles County State's Attorney's Office and describes herself as an autism mom and caregiver.

Her campaign focused on a justice system built around mental health, mentorship and second chances, on lowering health disparities in Southern Maryland, and on supporting caregivers and children with autism.

District 28 elects three delegates, and unofficial results show her finishing second overall with about 27% of the vote, which puts her in one of the three seats. She is a Ghanaian-American politician, and her seat adds to the Ghanaian presence in Maryland's legislature.

Allen Buansi, North Carolina House of Representatives, District 56

Allen

Allen Buansi's father and other relatives immigrated to the United States from Ghana. He studied at Dartmouth College and earned his law degree at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from 2017 to 2021 and won the 2022 Democratic primary for the District 56 seat by about three points, succeeding the retiring Verla Insko. He has served in the North Carolina House since June 2022.