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India-born
Ghazala Hashmi has created history by getting elected as Virginia’s first South
Asian American and Indian-origin woman Lieutenant Governor.
¨ The Democrat won the election against
Republican candidate John Reid.
¨ Six years ago, Hashmi had also made history
by becoming the first Muslim woman to serve in the Virginia State Senate.
¨ Hashmi will now take over from Republican
Winsome Earle-Sears.
¨ Earle-Sears was the first woman to hold the
position of Lieutenant Governor.
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Hashmi
was born Malakpet area of Hyderabad and moved to the United States when she was
four years old.
