Runoff Holds Ethnic Political Implications
A runoff election today for a city supervisor’s seat could make some political history.
The competitors are Chinese American Fiona Ma and Palestinian American Ron Dudum.
If Ma loses, it would be the first time in 16 years the board has lacked an Asian member. If Dudum wins, he would be the board’s first Arab American.
Ma came in first among eight candidates in the November general election, leading Dudum by 114 votes out of about 18,000 cast.
In a city now about a third Asian, the election is being closely watched by community leaders.
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