House Democrats nominate 1st Black woman to serve as speaker

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives nominated the state's first African American to serve as speaker, selecting a Portland lawmaker whose father was the first Black member of the Maine Legislature.

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