St. Paul elects its first African American mayor

By artappraiser on Wed, 11/08/2017 - 2:00am |

By Brandon Carter @ TheHill.com, Nov. 8, 12:40 am

The city of St. Paul, Minn., has elected its first African American mayor in Melvin Carter.

Carter, a former St. Paul city council member, won the mayor’s race after receiving 50.89 percent of the vote, according to WCCO. He will take over for current Mayor Chris Coleman, both of whom are members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party in Minnesota.

Carter carried several prominent endorsements into the election, including Coleman and Democratic National Committee vice chair Keith Ellison (Minn.) [....]

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