First black, female mayor elected in Gary, Indiana
CHICAGO - By an overwhelming margin, residents elected Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, as the city's first female mayor, making her the first black female mayor in the state of Indiana, according to the Northwest Indiana Times...
From NBC Chicago:
The city of Gary, Ind., made a little bit of history Tuesday night.
By an overwhelming margin, residents elected Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, as the city’s first female mayor, making her the first black female mayor in the state of Indiana, according to the Northwest Indiana Times.
Freeman-Wilson, a Democrat, garnered 86 percent of the vote, far ahead of her nearest competitor, an independent who received 7.5 percent.
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