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executive director, and the Mobile County government issued a resolution of gratitude. Meanwhile, Zoghby was named Mobile's First Lady in 1986 and
Mobilian of the Year in 1996. She also received the Liberty Bell Award, and served on numerous charitable boards, including AltaPointe Health Systems, Catholic Social Services, the Mobile Lions Club, the Children's Policy Council and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Local Government Services Air Service Task Force.
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After redistricting in 1983, Zoghby won election from the 97th district with 75.98% of the vote; won her fourth term in 1986 without any opponent, and easily won re-election to a fifth term in 1990 with 99.75% of the vote. However, following another census reapportionment, in 1994, Zoghby was moved
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government, but which also required that Mobile's budget be balanced and gave the mayor line-item veto authority. Voter adoption of the mayor/council form of government helped resolve two decades of litigation involving black voter suppression, which had reached the U.S. Supreme Court in
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