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17 black women elected as judges in one Texas county make history

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17 black women elected as judges in one Texas county make history

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By Veronica Stracqualursi via https://edition.cnn.com

 

Seventeen black women made history Tuesday night in winning judicial seats in Harris County, Texas.

The 17 Democratic candidates were elected under a campaign they called “Black Girl Magic Texas,” hoping to be the largest number of black women elected judges in Harris County.
Harris County, which includes Houston, is the largest county in the state.
Some of the women celebrated their success on social media.
“This election is still sinking in,” LaShawn Williams, judge-elect for one of the county civil courts at law, wrote on Facebook. “I am speechless and overjoyed by all of your kind words and powerful actions to help us make a court system which ensures that everyone will be heard.”
Of the 17 history-making women, Shannon Baldwin will be the county’s first openly LGBTQ …

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