Virginia’s new mayors include first Black woman, Indian-American at city helm

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From left to right: Mayors-elect Joe Cobb of Roanoke, Danny Avula of Richmond, Alyia Gaskins of the city of Alexandria and Jimmy Gray of Hampton. (Collage courtesy VCU CNS)

RICHMOND, Va. — There were many competitive mayoral races across Virginia and the outcomes include some historic firsts, and two races within the margin of a recount.

Democrat Alyia Gaskins ran unopposed to become the City of Alexandria’s first Black woman elected mayor. She received 94% of over 65,000 citywide votes, according to unofficial Department of Elections results. There were almost 4,000 write-in votes. She previously secured the Democratic nomination in a three-way primary…

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