In an historic and resounding election victory, Nadia Mohamed, a 27-year-old Somali-American, made history on Tuesday night as she was elected as the city’s first Black, first Somali, and first Muslim mayor. The election results revealed that Mohamed easily defeated her opponent, Dale Anderson, a former banker and continuing education teacher, by a significant margin of 58 percent to 41 percent. ‘I am very happy to win as Somali-American, Muslim, migrant, and Black,’ Mohamed told VOA’s Somali Service. ‘I would say thank you to all of those who supported me…
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