By Ashlee Banks ·Updated December 22, 2021
Deqa Dhalac has broken barriers to become the first Somali-American mayor in South Portland, Maine.
CNN reported that Dhalac made U.S. history by becoming the first Somali American to ever be elected as mayor.
While speaking with CNN, Dhalac said she had no intentions on running for a political office, but that changed once Donald Trump was elected president in 2016.
She attended anti-Trump protests and protests against white supremacy in
