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E. Denise Simmons
1951–
United States
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E. Denise Simmons (born October 2, 1951) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts from 2008 to 2009, again from 2016 to 2017, and a third mayoral term from 2024 to 2025. She was the first openly lesbian African-American mayor in the United States. Simmons has been on the Cambridge City Council continuously since 2002, now serving her twelfth consecutive term.
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