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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.Read moreMatt Rourke / AP

by Gillian McGoldrick
Published 3 hours ago

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has its first Black lieutenant governor.

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, 33, took the oath of office Tuesday in front of the state Senate, where he’ll preside for the next four years. Davis, the state’s 35th lieutenant governor, is now the highest-ranking Black official in the state’s history.

 Online, 01/17/2023, https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pa-lieutenant-governor-austin-davis-harrisburg-20230117.html