Mayoral election in Montgomery, AL

[The Arizonan]

www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/9/20906450/steven-reed-montgomery-alabama-mayoral-election-history

Montgomery, AL, the original capital of the Confederacy and an important city in the civil rights movement has just elected its first black mayor.

I wanted to post the New York Times article, but there's a freaking paywall involved.

[The Arizonan]

Hmmmm....which major Black majority/plurality, Southern cities haven't elected Black mayors yet?

I can't think of any cities that fit that description. There are large cities in the South that have never elected a black mayor such as Forth Worth, El Paso, Nashville, Louisville, Tampa, Charleston, and Miami.

[The Arizonan]

The next mayor of Milwaukee could be the first elected black mayor of the city. Lena Taylor is running.

On another note, if you were to list the major cities in the United States that have never had a black mayor on a piece of paper, you'd probably run out of room quickly.

[The Arizonan]

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/corey-woods-elected-new-mayor-of-tempe

Tempe, AZ, which is in the Phoenix area, just elected its first black mayor. It's amazing that it beat out cities like Boston, South Bend, and Miami.

[The Arizonan]

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/corey-woods-elected-new-mayor-of-tempe

Tempe, AZ, which is in the Phoenix area, just elected its first black mayor. It's amazing that it beat out cities like Boston, South Bend, and Miami.

But didn't beat Helena, Montana.

Heh. In any case, there are a multitude of cities that have never elected a black mayor such as Indianapolis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa, and Forth Worth. The list goes on forever.

[The Arizonan]

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/corey-woods-elected-new-mayor-of-tempe

Tempe, AZ, which is in the Phoenix area, just elected its first black mayor. It's amazing that it beat out cities like Boston, South Bend, and Miami.

But didn't beat Helena, Montana.

Heh. In any case, there are a multitude of cities that have never elected a black mayor such as Indianapolis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa, and Forth Worth. The list goes on forever.

Right. In California, there’s Whittier, Diamond Bar, Santa Ana, Westminster, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Huntington Beach; which all have a much larger population than Helena, Montana. Anaheim recently elected its first Asian mayor.

The Orange County cities definitely have a white, Republican feel to them for some reason, despite the diversity there.

As for Anaheim’s mayor, East Indians are only Asian on a technicality. When I think of Asians, I think of the Far East nationalities.

[The Arizonan]

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/corey-woods-elected-new-mayor-of-tempe

Tempe, AZ, which is in the Phoenix area, just elected its first black mayor. It's amazing that it beat out cities like Boston, South Bend, and Miami.

But didn't beat Helena, Montana.

Heh. In any case, there are a multitude of cities that have never elected a black mayor such as Indianapolis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa, and Forth Worth. The list goes on forever.

Right. In California, there’s Whittier, Diamond Bar, Santa Ana, Westminster, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Huntington Beach; which all have a much larger population than Helena, Montana. Anaheim recently elected its first Asian mayor.

The Orange County cities definitely have a white, Republican feel to them for some reason, despite the diversity there.

As for Anaheim’s mayor, East Indians are only Asian on a technicality. When I think of Asians, I think of the Far East nationalities.

My hometown never elected a black mayor. Most people I know are from cities that never elected a black mayor.Whittier and Diamond Bar are in Los Angeles County. Debbie Cook, former mayor of Huntington Beach, is a Democrat. Costa Mesa mayor Katrina Foley is a Democrat. Not all OC mayors are even Republicans. Interestingly, it was the whiter neighborhoods in Anaheim that got Harry Sidhu elected. The less white neighborhoods voted for a white candidate.
Harry Sidhu (R), Ashleigh Aitken (D)

Which city is your hometown? Anaheim?

It is interesting that Harry Sidhu won a good portion of the white vote, but it might have to do with him having an "R" next to his name. Minorities tend to vote for Democratic candidates.

My hometown, Phoenix, is the largest city in the United States that has never had a black mayor.

[The Arizonan]

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/corey-woods-elected-new-mayor-of-tempe

Tempe, AZ, which is in the Phoenix area, just elected its first black mayor. It's amazing that it beat out cities like Boston, South Bend, and Miami.

But didn't beat Helena, Montana.

Heh. In any case, there are a multitude of cities that have never elected a black mayor such as Indianapolis, Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa, and Forth Worth. The list goes on forever.

Right. In California, there’s Whittier, Diamond Bar, Santa Ana, Westminster, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Huntington Beach; which all have a much larger population than Helena, Montana. Anaheim recently elected its first Asian mayor.

The Orange County cities definitely have a white, Republican feel to them for some reason, despite the diversity there.

As for Anaheim’s mayor, East Indians are only Asian on a technicality. When I think of Asians, I think of the Far East nationalities.

My hometown never elected a black mayor. Most people I know are from cities that never elected a black mayor.Whittier and Diamond Bar are in Los Angeles County. Debbie Cook, former mayor of Huntington Beach, is a Democrat. Costa Mesa mayor Katrina Foley is a Democrat. Not all OC mayors are even Republicans. Interestingly, it was the whiter neighborhoods in Anaheim that got Harry Sidhu elected. The less white neighborhoods voted for a white candidate.
Harry Sidhu (R), Ashleigh Aitken (D)

Which city is your hometown? Anaheim?

It is interesting that Harry Sidhu won a good portion of the white vote, but it might have to do with him having an "R" next to his name. Minorities tend to vote for Democratic candidates.

My hometown, Phoenix, is the largest city in the United States that has never had a black mayor.

All municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Sidhu couldn’t run with a party label on the ballot.

It is interesting to note that if Ashleigh Aitken had won, she would've been the city's first female mayor.