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Ballotpedia or another wiki are also good places for this information to be updated, but when I was reading through the article on the 2020 Senate election, to me, it didn't feel right that Usha's name was only a blue link when she has already accomplished a lot as mayor and two-term elected city commissioner. She also had a failed bid at state school board which I have yet to include in the article.
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Winchester Star article is about a man charged with
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Usha is notable for being the first Asian american elected and sworn in as mayor to any city in Kansas. She likely was notable when she was elected in 2013 to the mayor position. I can edit the infobox to show her term as mayor as well. I think the article isn't written to publicize her campaign. I
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