{"id":44991,"date":"2025-08-29T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alabama-towns-first-black-mayor-reelected-4-years-after-he-says-white-residents-locked-him-out-of-office\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:12:19","slug":"alabama-towns-first-black-mayor-reelected-4-years-after-he-says-white-residents-locked-him-out-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alabama-towns-first-black-mayor-reelected-4-years-after-he-says-white-residents-locked-him-out-of-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama town&#8217;s first Black mayor reelected 4 years after he says White residents locked him out of office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town overwhelmingly won election this week, four years after he says White residents locked him out of the town hall and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newbern-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">refused to let him serve<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton was elected as the mayor of Newbern, winning 66 votes to his opponent&#8217;s 26, according to results posted by the town. His victory puts a punctuation mark in the dispute over control of the town government that drew national attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people came out and spoke and voted. Now, there ain&#8217;t no doubt what they want for this town,&#8221; Braxton said in a telephone interview Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The election Tuesday was the town&#8217;s first since at least the 1960s, held under a federal settlement. Black residents had sued, challenging what they called the town&#8217;s &#8220;hand-me-down governance&#8221; and refusal to let Braxton serve after he ran unopposed for mayor in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Newbern&#8217;s residents number just 133 people. A library, <a href=\"https:\/\/ruralstudio.org\/project\/newbern-town-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the town hall<\/a>, a mercantile and a flashing caution light anchor the downtown, about 40 miles west of Selma. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/07\/22\/e3fc8237-16f7-41d9-9a70-8762616a167a\/thumbnail\/620x563\/3ba572992d1f8d91ae4296a21c9f2d0f\/screen-shot-2023-07-22-at-11-36-29-am.png#\" alt=\"screen-shot-2023-07-22-at-11-36-29-am.png \" height=\"563\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/07\/22\/e3fc8237-16f7-41d9-9a70-8762616a167a\/thumbnail\/620x563\/3ba572992d1f8d91ae4296a21c9f2d0f\/screen-shot-2023-07-22-at-11-36-29-am.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Patrick Braxton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Alabama Love<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What the town had been without is elections.<\/p>\n<p>Newbern&#8217;s mayor-council government had not been put to a vote for six decades. Instead, town officials held &#8220;hand-me-down&#8221; positions, with each mayor appointing a successor who appointed the council members, according to the lawsuit filed by Braxton and others and reviewed by CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result was an overwhelmingly White government in a town where Black residents outnumber White residents 2-1. Only one Black person ever served on the town council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Braxton, a volunteer firefighter, qualified in 2020 to run for the nonpartisan position of mayor. He said that he ran because he had &#8220;concerns that the Town Council and Mayor were not responding to the needs of the majority Black community&#8221; in Newbern. In his lawsuit, he alleged that the previous mayor gave him the wrong information about how to run for the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Braxton was the only candidate for mayor in 2020, becoming mayor-elect without an election. He alleged that previous town leaders did not provide public notice about the election. He then appointed a new town council, as other mayors have done. Braxton asked both Black and White residents to serve, but no White residents agreed to join his council, according to the lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the locks were changed at the town hall multiple times, and Braxton was denied access to the town&#8217;s financial accounts. His lawsuit also alleged that outgoing council members held a secret meeting to set up a special election and &#8220;fraudulently reappointed themselves as the town council.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t get a chance to serve but one year out of the five years,&#8221; said Braxton, who finally occupied the office last year after a three-year legal battle. <\/p>\n<p>Town officials had denied wrongdoing, arguing in court filings that Braxton&#8217;s claim to be mayor was &#8220;invalid.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The settlement agreement included a promise to hold a mayoral election in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Braxton had one challenger this time \u2014 a White auctioneer and Realtor, Laird Cole. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mayor Braxton&#8217;s election represents a turning point for Newbern, restoring democratic governance, ensuring fair representation, and reaffirming that every resident has a voice in their local government,&#8221; Madison Hollon, program manager of political campaigns for the SPLC Action Fund, said Thursday. The group endorsed Braxton in the race.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said his lopsided victory should eliminate any &#8220;doubts people had hanging in their heads on if people want me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels good the second time,&#8221; Braxton said. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br 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