First Black Mayor of St Paul Minnesota

[iluvtennis]

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Congratulations Mayor Carter!!

Great family photo as well!!

[moda253]

2. Ummmm St. Paul is in Minnesota

Minneapolis is a city in Minnesota too and has already had a black mayor.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Sayles_Belton

[sarisataka]

3. St Paul is not Minneapolis

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Wow,

progress has finally happened to the Saintly City. Way to go Mr. Carter. You earned it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Wow.

I lived in Minneapolis in 1982-83, and it was as lily white a city as could be.

It's changed a lot since then, I know, and at the risk of seeming patronizing, it's all for the better.

[lunasun]

6. Won! Despite the nasty Police Union flyer distributed that all the other candidates condemned

http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/26/new-mailer-intensifies-st-paul-mayoral-race/
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and mayoral candidate Pat Harris called on the leadership of the city’s police union to resign Thursday evening, decrying as racist the group’s recent criticism

Besides statement from Carter’s campaign, Coleman and Harris separately criticized the “attacks” as racially motivated — a charge rejected by Police Federation President Dave Titus.

“David Titus and the board of the Saint Paul Police Federation have embarrassed the good men and women of the Saint Paul Police Department for too long,” Coleman wrote in a Facebook post. “The racist attacks and hollow apologies of the last two days may have been aimed at one candidate, but they affect all people of color, and all people of character. They are not worthy of Saint Paul.”

Less than two hours later, Harris said in an emailed statement that “there is absolutely no place in Saint Paul for the type of dirty, political tactics and dog whistle racism that have come from the Saint Paul Police Federation’s leadership over the past few days.”

And Harris and Coleman were running against Carter in the election! That's how ugly the police union got
Hmmm now I wonder what that Police Federation didn't like about Carter to get so involved in the election???

[ornotna]

7. Congratulations Mr. Mayor

[sarisataka]

8. Not only won

But with 51% of the vote in a 10 way race, won outright. Ranked choice does not need to be tallied.

[iluvtennis]

9. Wow, nice

[MineralMan]

10. Yup. The Police Federation's lying attack campaign against him backfired.

Now, the person they slandered is the Mayor. Isn't that interesting. I foresee some very interesting meetings with the new mayor by Police officials in St. Paul. I expect a few resignations, to boot.

Congratulations, Mayor Carter!