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Tucson Democrat takes helm of Arizona Senate

Tucson Democrat Priya Sundareshan chats with reporters Friday after being selected by the newly empowered Senate Democrats to preside over the chamber for the next two years.

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PHOENIX — It’s taken three decades.

But someone from Tucson is once again going to head the Arizona State Senate.

And president-elect Priya Sundareshan also is the first Democrat in any sort of Senate majority leadership at all since 1991.

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