First Eritrean-American Elected to US Congress

Source: The Voice of America posted on 8 November 2018 an article titled “Parents’ Journey Inspired US Congress’ 1st Eritrean-American” by Salem Solomon.

Eritrean-American Debesai Neguse was elected on 6 November 2018 as a US Congressman in the second district of Colorado. He is the first Eritrean-American to be elected to Congress. He will represent about 720,000 Coloradans in a district that covers about ten counties.