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‘A symbol of our progress’: Pennsylvania has sworn in its first Black lieutenant governor

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, 33, is Pennsylvania's highest ranking Black official.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, accompanied by his wife, Blayre Holmes Davis, departs from the Senate chambers after becoming Pennsylvania's first Black lieutenant governor.
Democratic Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, accompanied by his wife, Blayre Holmes Davis, departs from the Senate chambers after becoming Pennsylvania's first Black lieutenant governor.Read moreMatt Rourke / AP
    by Gillian McGoldrick
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