Rachele Mussolini, the 47-year-old granddaughter of Italy's Benito Mussolini, has garnered enough votes in Rome's municipal election for a second term as a city councilor.
With almost all of the votes counted on Wednesday, she received over 8,200 votes in the October 3-4 municipal election — more than any other candidate.
Standing for the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Mussolini won far more votes than the 657 she had received in the previous ballot in 2016.
The 'burden' of the name
Mussolini told La Repubblica newspaper that she wanted nothing to do with the "burden" of her family name, adding that she had "many left-wing friends."
"In the past, I got interviewed only because of my family name. During my last term, they started asking about the initiatives I promoted on the city council. I've worked hard," she told Wednesday's edition of the paper.
"I learned to live with my surname since I was a child," she said. "At sch...
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