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Black mayors elected in El Dorado and Camden
Thanks to Magnolia Reporter for news on a couple of notable mayoral victories in El Dorado and Camden. Both cities elected their first black mayors.
Veronica Smith-Creer beat Bill Luther 2,447 (50.38 percent) to 2,360 (48.58 percent), with independent candidate Trang My Lu receiving 50 votes (1.02 percent) to become El Dorado's first black mayor. Smith-Creer is a Democrat; Luther a Republican.
https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/11/07/black-mayors-elected-in-el-dorado-and-camden
http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/union_county/article_fa74b66c-e278-11e8-aff5-979f7b5d797b.html