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Seattle Gets Its First Latina City Councilmember

By • Nov 24, 2015
  • Lorena Gonzalez at her election night party on Nov. 3, 2015, in Seattle.
    Lorena Gonzalez at her election night party on Nov. 3, 2015, in Seattle.
    KUOW Photo/Kara McDermott

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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