Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Early Brush With Racism Set Rep.-Elect Richardson on Political Path (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)

Personal acquaintance with racism has prompted many members of minority groups to enter the political arena. But few say they had that path set for them as young as Laura Richardson, the Democratic state lawmaker from California who on Tuesday won a special election runoff to become the newest member and the 40th African-American in the current U.S. House.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for political news]

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