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November 11, 2010

Oakland Elects Nation’s First Asian American Woman Mayor
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In California, Oakland city councilmember Jean Quan has become the first
Asian American woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city. Quan narrowly
beat out heavily favored opponent Don Perata with 51 percent of the
vote. Quan is also Oakland’s first female mayor.

Jean Quan: "This is really a victory for a grassroots effort in this
city. And what I mean by that is literally nearly a thousand volunteers
walked door to door, talked neighbor to neighbor, phoned their
neighbors, joined us at over 200 house parties. We, our family,
personally walked in about two-thirds of all the precincts in Oakland."



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