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Nina Ahmad is poised to become City Council’s first South Asian lawmaker — and first immigrant in decades

Ahmad ran two failed bids for statewide office. This time, she built her own coalition of labor unions, Democratic officials, and social justice groups.

Nina Ahmad, Democratic candidate for City Council at-large, at the United Democratic Spring Dinner in Philadelphia earlier this month.
Nina Ahmad, Democratic candidate for City Council at-large, at the United Democratic Spring Dinner in Philadelphia earlier this month.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
    by Max Marin
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