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Seattle Gets Its First Latina City Councilmember

KUOW | By Kate Walters
Published November 24, 2015 at 1:48 PM AKST
Lorena Gonzalez at her election night party on Nov. 3, 2015, in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Kara McDermott
Lorena Gonzalez at her election night party on Nov. 3, 2015, in Seattle.

David Hyde speaks with Lorena Gonzalez, the first Latina ever to be elected to the Seattle City Council, about her top priorities for her first months in office. 
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