Two years ago, Seattle’s Pramila Jayapal became the first Indian-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
On Tuesday, her older sister joined her as an elected leader, winning a seat on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in Portland, Oregon. Susheela Jayapal grabbed 57 percent of the vote in the four-person race, according to Willamette Week.
Because she received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary, she wins the nonpartisan seat without a fall runoff election.
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