Ferguson, Missouri, elected its first black mayor yesterday. Ella Jones, a pastor at the African Methodist Episcopal Church, received 54% of the vote.
In New Mexico 17 women won Democratic primaries for the state legislature, and Teresa Fernandez was nominated for a House District race. In Iowa 11 women won primaries for the state legislature. In Monroe County in PA, Claudette Williams, a black woman, won the primary to represent her state House district. In Idaho Paulette Jordan, a Native American, won the Democratic Senate primary, although she faces a tough battle in November.
We keep chipping away.
Material for this post was taken from “A Day of Historic Wins for Women of Color,” New York Times, (June 4, 2020), p. A24.
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