No, it’s not time to vote for the next U.S. President, but Election Day is still here. Around the country, millions of voters have taken to the ballot box to vote in several key elections. In major cities like Boston, New York and Atlanta, citizens are voting for a new mayor. In states like New Jersey and Virginia, residents are voting a new governor. Not to mention, cities like Minneapolis and Cleveland are voting on referendums that will impact public safety.
Much like any other Election Day, there are a number of Black candidates looking to make history. In the aforementioned New York mayoral race, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is working to become the city’s next mayor. Meanwhile, Tameka Devine is seeking to become the first Black female mayor in the history of Columbia, South Carolina.
As election results come in throughout the evening, check out BIN to see if history has been made in your neck of the woods.
Local Races
Boston
Position: Mayor
Candidate: Michelle Wu
Opponent(s): Annissa Essaibi George
What’s At Stake: Wu is attempting to become the first non-White male mayor in the history of Boston, Massachusetts
Result: TBA
Buffalo
Position: Mayor
Candidate: India Walton
Opponent(s): Byron Brown
What’s At Stake: Walton is working to become the first Black woman to serve as mayor of Buffalo, New York.
Result: TBA
Cleveland
Position: Mayor
Candidate: Justin Bibb
Opponent(s): Kevin Kelley
What’s At Stake: Bibb is hoping to become the youngest Black mayor in the history of Cleveland.
Result: TBA
Columbia
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): Tameika Devine, Sam P. Johnson
Opponent(s): Moe Baddourah
What’s At Stake: Devine and Johnson are striving to become the second Black mayor in the history of Columbia, South Carolina.
Result: TBD
Durham
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): Elaine O’Neal
Opponent(s): Javiera Caballero
What’s At Stake: O’Neal believes she has what it takes to be the first Black female mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
Result: TBA
Harrisburg
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): Wanda Williams
Opponent(s): Timothy Rowbottom, Eric Papenfuse
What’s At Stake: Williams is striving to become the second Black woman to serve as mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Result: TBA
Helena
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): Wilmot Collins
Opponent(s): Sonda Gaub
What’s At Stake: Collins is working to become the first Black man to be re-elected as mayor in any town or city in the state of Montana.
Result: TBA
Minneapolis
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): AJ Awed, Laverne Turner
Opponent(s): Jacob Frey, Sheila Nezhad, Katherine Knuth, Troy Benjegerdes, Clint Conner, Christopher W. David
What’s At Stake: Turner and Awed hope to become the second Black mayor of Minneapolis.
Result: TBA
St. Paul
Position: Mayor
Candidate(s): Melvin Carter, Miki Frost, Dora Jones-Robinson
Opponent(s): Paul Langenfeld, Abu Nayeem, Bill Hosko, Dino Guerin
What’s At Stake: Carter is hoping to become the first Black man re-elected as mayor while Frost and Jones-Robinson aim to become the city’s second Black mayor.
Result: TBA
State Races
Virginia
Position: Lieutenant Governor
Candidate(s): Winsome Sears, Hala Ayala
Opponent(s): N/A
What’s At Stake: Either Sears or Ayala will become the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.
Result: TBA
Congressional Races
Florida
Position: U.S. Representative
District: 20th District
Candidate(s): Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Elvan Dowling, Omari Hardy, Dale Holness, Bobby DuBose, Phil Jackson, Emmanuel Morel, Perry Thurston
Opponent(s): Jason Mariner, Greg Musselwhite
What’s At Stake: Nearly a dozen candidates are battling to become the second Black official to represent the district.
Result: TBA
Ohio
Position: U.S. Representative
District: 11th District
Candidate(s): Shontel Brown, Laverne Gore
Opponent(s): N/A
What’s At Stake: Brown or Gore will become the third Black woman to represent the state of Ohio’s 11th congressional district in Congress.
Result: TBA
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