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Elected mayor at 23 in struggling Fall River, Jasiel Correia had the makings of a rising star
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Contributor | BrentinCO |
Last Edited | BrentinCO Oct 12, 2018 09:35pm |
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News Date | Saturday, October 13, 2018 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Jasiel F. Correia II had all the makings of a rising Democratic star.
While still an undergraduate at Providence College, he was appointed to a seat on the city council in his hometown of Fall River, Massachusetts, in 2013, and began attending meetings in between his political science classes. Fall River had been abandoned long ago by textile manufacturers, leaving behind empty mills and crumbling smokestacks that most people speed by on their way to Cape Cod. Highlighting his own experience as the founder of a tech start-up, Correia made the case that he could convince young people to relocate to the city and start businesses there. At 23, he beat out a better-funded incumbent to become the city’s youngest-ever mayor. |
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