Angela Martinez confirmed as U.S. judge in major milestone for Biden

The Senate confirmed President Biden’s 200th judicial nominee Wednesday, a significant milestone for Democratic and White House efforts to remake a federal court system that grew increasingly conservative under President Donald Trump.

Magistrate Judge Angela Martinez, who previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney, was approved to become a federal judge in the District of Arizona in a 66-28 vote, with 45 Democrats, three independents and 18 Republicans voting in favor. She brings additional ethnic and gender diversity to a cohort of judges nominated by Biden that includes more women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals than those nominated by any other president in U.S. history.