Thursday, April 22, 2010

South Carolina’s Capital City Elects First Black Mayor


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s capital city has elected its first black mayor.

With just a few precincts remaining, results from the Richland County Election Commission show lawyer and lobbyist Steve Benjamin won Tuesday’s mayoral runoff election in Columbia with 10,784 votes, or 56 percent. City Councilman Kirkman Finlay III got 8,558 votes, or 44 percent. (Continue Reading…)

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