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Posted inPolitics

The New ‘Lite Guv’: Eleni Kounalakis Is the First Woman to Ever Serve as California’s Lieutenant Governor

You’d never know Eleni Kounalakis was taking an oath of office for an afterthought of a job that has been occupied by men who generally become answers to political trivia questions. As U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four other members of Congress and numerous legislators looked on, Gov. Gavin Newsom swore Kounalakis in as California’s […]

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