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Resigned as mayor but remained on the City Board of Directors. 65 59 Charles E. Bussey: November 1981 – December 1982 From July – November 1981, served as Acting Mayor. First African American mayor of Little Rock. 66 60 J. W. "Buddy" Benafield January 1983 – December 1984 Previously had served as Mayor of England, Arkansas, in the 1970s ...
Frank Scott became Little Rock’s first popularly elected Black mayor four years ago on campaign promises to unite a city long divided along racial lines. Scott’s election in 2018 was a ...
In the 2018 election, Scott ran for mayor of Little Rock. In the November 6 nonpartisan election, he led a five-candidate field with 37.11% of the vote, [4] falling short of the 40% required to avoid a runoff election. Scott and Baker Kurrus advanced to a December 4 runoff, where Scott defeated Kurrus. Scott is the first elected African ...
Frank Scott, Little Rock’s first popularly elected Black mayor, won reelection on Tuesday after a campaign where he was criticized over the homicide rate in Arkansas’ capital and his ...
[23] [24] In the 2022 Little Rock mayoral election, incumbent Democrat Frank Scott Jr. won reelection against Republican Steve Landers. [25] [26] [27] In the 2022 San Bernardino mayoral election, independent Helen Tran defeated independent Jim Penman for the mayor's seat, John Valdivia, another independent who was defeated in the June 7 primary ...
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It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Dalton J. "Jim" Dailey, Jr. This was the first time that voters directly elected the mayor of Little Rock since the city had previously adopted a council–manager government style of government in 1957. [2] The election was officially nonpartisan.
The 2018 Little Rock mayoral election took place on November 6 and December 4, 2018, to elect the Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. It saw the election of Frank Scott Jr. The election was officially nonpartisan. With no candidate receiving a majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.