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Deborah Gonzalez makes history as first Latina district attorney in Georgia
The former state representative is also making history nationwide as the first Puerto Rican woman in the country to be elected district attorney. Author: Paola Suro (WXIA) Updated: 8:40 PM EST December 17, 2020
ATHENS, Ga.
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Clarke and Oconee counties are getting a new district attorney for the first time in almost 20 years. The counties elected Deborah Gonzalez in a runoff race earlier this month, making her the very first Latina to be elected district attorney in the state.
This win also means the former state representative for the Athens area will be the first woman to serve as district attorney for the Western Judicial Circuit and the first Puerto Rican woman in the country to be elected DA.
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On Sunday night, Deborah González began to sense the gravity of what she was about to do on Monday at noon. She had been asked to stay at a hotel in the state capitol, along with five other of the state’s electors to the Electoral College who live outside Atlanta. Security was provided “They did not want to take any chances, with all the protests.”
A protester holds a sign reading, We are all essential! on Lincoln Avenue on Dec. 4 as part of a “Save Routt County” rally against local COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Dylan Anderson)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS The Saturday after Veterans Day, Nov. 14, a group of a dozen moms gathered together to talk about their children and how they felt COVID-19 restrictions were affecting them.
“We came together, because we had all been discussing how this forced shutdown of our county is having a serious impact on our kids,” said Rachael Jacobson, a Steamboat Springs mother of four children. “These 12 particular concerned moms decided that we finally wanted to do something about it.”