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Knowledge is Power!
More than 4 of every 10 Phoenix residents is Hispanic. But on the Phoenix City Council, the number of elected Hispanics is zero - and has been for years.
That all changes Tuesday, when Phoenix is guaranteed to elect at least one candidate with Hispanic heritage: Michael Nowakowski, whose mother is from Mexico, or Laura Pastor, whose father, Rep. Ed Pastor, is Arizona’s first representative in Congress.
Pastor and Nowakowski are running to replace Councilman Doug Lingner in his seat representing southwestern Phoenix. “*
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