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Ayanna Pressley Says She Won’t Be a Single-Issue Representative

By Nathan Ouellette

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Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley will soon become the first woman of color to hold a congressional seat in Massachusetts and she did so by mobilizing a constituency of students and minorities in the Massachusetts 7th District — what she describes as the state’s most diverse and unequal district. Pressley talked with Roll Call about the issues she’ll take on as a member, her thoughts on Democratic leadership and more.

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