Reading voters elect city's first Latino mayor

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Reading voters elect city's first Latino mayor
Reading voters elect city's first Latino mayor. Jim Gardner reports during Action News at 11 p.m. on November 6, 2019.

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Voters in Reading, Berks County elected the town's first-ever Latino Mayor.

Democrat Eddie Moran will take over as mayor of Pennsylvania's fifth largest city.

Moran declared victory Tuesday night in a city where almost two-thirds of the residents are Latino.

He's currently an insurance agent and serves as vice president of the Reading School Board.

Moran is replacing one-term incumbent Wally Scott.

Moran was born in Puerto Rico, but grew up in New York. He's been living in Reading for the past 12 years.