US town Granite Falls elects Pakistani mayor

[Naveed Yaseen]

WASHINGTON: Granite Falls residents are suspicious of any newcomers, let alone a native of Pakistan who moved to this rugged, blue-collar mining town to open his own bar. But 54-year-old Haroon Saleem has thrived, winning over the town with hard work and an easy smile. He has become so popular that, on November 3, he won the mayor’s job in a landslide, getting 61 percent of the more than 800 votes cast –a result that residents say would have been inconceivable not long ago. ap

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