Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election
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The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall. Patrick Braxton won 66 votes to his opponent’s 26 on Tuesday to hold onto the mayor's office in Newbern.
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The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall. Patrick Braxton won 66 votes to his opponent’s 26 on Tuesday to hold onto the mayor's office in Newbern.
The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall.
