DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Tuesday's election results brought some historic firsts across the country, including in Downingtown . The city elected its first openly transgender mayor. It's a first not just for Downingtown but for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

"I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support," said Mayor-elect Erica Deuso.

All day Wednesday, Deuso, a Democrat, received calls from all over the world congratulating her on her historic win. She says while she's honored to have a place in history as the first openly transgender mayor in the state, it's not the reason she won the election.

"I approach my life as being a good neighbor," she said of the philosophy that she says she has in common with many members of the Downingtown community. "I want to be somebody who ca

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