Democrat Safiya Khalid has made history by becoming the first Somali elected to the City Council in Lewiston Maine.
Yesterday, Khalid was elected to the Lewiston City Council’s Ward 1 seat, with nearly 70% of the vote.
Khalid is a former Somali refugee who came to the United States in 2006, when she was just 7 years old.
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