Lorena Gonzalez, a nationally renowned attorney and civil rights leader, became Seattle's first Latina City Council member after winning a landslide victory on Tuesday.

Gonzalez beat out Bill Bradburd to win the City Council seat and will join the newly elected Debora Juarez, a former King County Superior Court judge, reports Seattle Pi. Juarez bested retired Methodist minister Sandy Brown to win a seat in District 5 in far north Seattle.

Before winning the election, Gonzalez served as a senior advisor and legal counsel to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. According to her website, she worked with unions and progressive leaders throughout Seattle to achieve mayor policy reform on minimum wage and worker protections within the past year of working under the Murray administration.

Prior to that, she fought for women, older workers, low-wage workers and people of color in employment, wage theft, and gender discrimination cases.

González, who is the daughter of immigrant parents from Mexico, is also president emeritus of OneAmerica, the largest immigrant and civil rights organization in Washington.

Following her historic win, the Latino Victory Project released a statement praising Gonzalez.

"We want to congratulate Lorena on winning last night's election and becoming Seattle's first Hispanic City Council Member," said Cristóbal Alex, president of the Latino Victory Project, in a statement sent to Latin Post. "Throughout her life Lorena has worked tirelessly to give back to her community, to protect the most vulnerable, and to make sure that all voices are heard. We know that she will do the same as a Council Member -- continuing to fight for our immigrant community, for opportunities and equality for all."

"Lorena's election speaks directly to our mission and vision as an organization. Latino Victory Fund helped recruit, guide, and train Lorena to run. Lorena's success shows that when we invest in Latino candidates and play our part in helping them throughout the process, we win. We expect to repeat this strategy in the races we endorse throughout the 2016 election cycle," added Alex.