BOSTON (AP) — He came to the U.S. as a young refugee, having survived Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. Now, Sokhary Chau is the nation’s first Cambodian American mayor.
On Monday, the first Cambodian American to be elected mayor in the United States took office. Sokhary Chau, a refugee, will represent the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. A recent change to the town’s election process yielded the city’s most diverse class of officeholders.
Officials in Lowell, Massachusetts selected city councilor Sokhary Chau as its new mayor on Monday, reportedly making him the first-ever Cambodian American mayor in the U.S.
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