The many firsts: Deborah Gonzalez reflects on being Georgia's first Latina elected district attorney
Deborah Gonzalezâs runoff election win made her the first Latina to be elected a district attorney in Georgia, the first woman to serve as a district attorney in the Western Judicial Circuit and the first Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. to be elected a district attorney. On Dec. 1, former H.D. 117 State Rep. Deborah Gonzalez won the runoff election against Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney James Chafin to become the Western Judicial Circuitâs next district attorney. Gonzalez earned 51.68% of the vote, according to official results from the Georgia Secretary of Stateâs ...