North Elmsford Civic Association, Inc.

In 1989- David Dinkins elected 1st Black mayor of New York City
In 1989- L. Douglas Wilder elected Governor of Virginia
In 2017- Justin Fairfax elected VA Lieut. Governor, becoming 2nd African American to win statewide seat
In 2017- New Jersey elected Sheila Oliver as its first female African-American lieutenant governor
In 2017- Vi Lyles was elected as Charlotte, North CarolinaÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s first female African-American mayor
In 2017- Yvonne Spicer was elected the first mayor of the city of Framingham, Massachusetts
In 2017- Wilmot Collins elected mayor in Helena, Montana, becoming the first Black mayor in Montana history
In 2017- Voters in St. Paul, Minn., made history by electing Melvin Carter as the cityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s first African-American mayor.
In 2017- Jonathan McCollar elected as the first African-American mayor of Statesboro, Ga,
In 2017- Brendon Barber, a Georgetown, S.C. city councilman since 1998, will become the cityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s first ever African-American mayor.

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