PORTLAND, Oregon — Avel Gordly, a trailblazing Oregon politician, activist and educator who became the first Black woman elected to the Oregon State Senate, died Monday, according to her family.
Sheniqua Jones hoped her March 3 vote would help make history, sending U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett to the Senate as the first Black woman nominee from Texas. When state Rep. James Talarico won instead, ...
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