Posted on Jun 19, 2016
Did you know Rome is set to elect its first female mayor in a run-off vote in municipal elections,Virginia Raggi & is drop dead gorgeous?
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Virginia Raggi "ciao & Buongiorno, all you RP members & come to Rome and enjoy the scenery and food. We also welcome all you old Marines"
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MCPO Roger Collins
Ah, so much material this early morning, Tom. But being such a couth sailor, I will refrain.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
Virginia Raggi was elected Sunday as Rome's first female mayor, exit polls showed, in an electoral triumph for the populist Five Star Movement that represents a major setback for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Exit polls gave Raggi around two thirds of the vote in a run-off contest with Roberto Giachetti of Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
The 37-year-old lawyer and local councillor, a complete unknown only a few months ago, had been widely expected to claim the keys to City Hall.
But the margin of her victory exceeded expectations with the exit polls pointing to her taking between 62 and 68 percent of the vote.
Polls suggested the PD had not suffered such big reverses elsewhere but the centre-left was in danger of losing control of the major northern
Exit polls gave Raggi around two thirds of the vote in a run-off contest with Roberto Giachetti of Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
The 37-year-old lawyer and local councillor, a complete unknown only a few months ago, had been widely expected to claim the keys to City Hall.
But the margin of her victory exceeded expectations with the exit polls pointing to her taking between 62 and 68 percent of the vote.
Polls suggested the PD had not suffered such big reverses elsewhere but the centre-left was in danger of losing control of the major northern
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