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  • If elected, Colleen Echohawk will become Seattle's first Indigenous mayor

    Meet Colleen Echohawk: The 'Peoples' Candidate and Yours Too

    If elected on August 3, Echohawk could be primed to become Seattle’s first Indigenous mayor.
    Iris M. Crawford Aug 2, 2021 10:17AM EDT
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    ABC Orders Pilot for Daveed Diggs-Produced Comedy on Rapper-Turned-Mayor

    The still-untitled project focuses on a rapper who successfully runs for mayor as a publicity stunt. 

    Sameer Rao Jan 26, 2017 11:05AM EST
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    UPDATE: West Virginia Mayor Resigns After Cosigning Post That Called Michelle Obama an 'Ape in Heels'

    Beverly Whaling, mayor of Clay, West Virginia, resigns after expressing her support for another official’s racist Facebook post. The original poster, Pamela Ramsey Taylor, has been removed from her position.

    Kenrya Rankin Nov 15, 2016 12:19PM EST
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    Mayors Urge State Leaders to Put Fracking in Local Control

    State legislatures have prevented cities from banning fracking in the past. More than 30 mayors from 14 states have come together to insist that they the should have the power to decide whether fracking happens in their cities.

    Yessenia Funes Jun 29, 2016 11:07AM EDT

    WATCH: Bill de Blasio and Hillary Clinton Make a Joke About 'C.P. Time'

    The New York City mayor and presidential candidate made the joke during the annual Inner Circle Dinner.

    Sameer Rao Apr 11, 2016 4:51PM EDT

    Activist DeRay McKesson Wants to Be Baltimore’s Next Mayor

    “In order to achieve the promise of our city and become the Baltimore we know we can become, we must challenge the practices that have not and will not lead to transformation.”

    Kenrya Rankin Feb 4, 2016 1:44PM EST
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