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...says his student identity is what motivates him to run, and he intends to mobilize student support to aid him on what may well be an uphill battle for a seat...
Cheung says he is well aware that he is facing an uphill battle in his campaign. All nine incumbents and twelve outside challengers are running for a seat...
...topics in the City Council race but don’t have that much relevance to the typical 19-year-old who is living in Adams and has a different set of interests,” says Matt S. DeBergalis, a 2000 MIT graduate who narrowly lost a Council seat...
...conservatives for daring to break cultural taboos against women singing in public. These days, however, her face, emblazoned on election posters and billboards across Kabul, symbolizes the shattering of new barriers: popularly elected women in politics. Last week it was announced that Tarana had been elected to the 29-seat Kabul Provincial Council (akin to a U.S. state legislature), winning with the second highest number of votes - 8,404 - out of a field of 524 candidates. "When I competed for Afghan Star, I wanted to prove that a woman from Herat could sing," says Tarana, adjusting her trademark stylish rectangular...
...thinking about politics when I was having so many problems on Afghan Star. No one in government supported me, and those in power condemned me. Now I can be supportive of youth who are willing to rise up and do something positive." And, she says boldly, a provincial council seat is a stepping-stone to parliament. Even the position of President isn't out of the question. "Everyone needs a goal," she says. "If you don't try, you won't achieve...