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Only black mayor elected to Congress from Compton [3] 16: Omar Bradley: 1993 – 2001: 17: Eric J. Perrodin ... Patricia A. Moore 3,134 1991* Walter R. Tucker III ...
Just two years later in the spring of 1993, Bradley faced off against Councilwoman Patricia A. Moore for the city's top job. In a bitterly fought runoff campaign, Bradley received just 349 votes over Moore to replace the outgoing Mayor Walter R. Tucker III. [3] Immediately upon taking office, Bradley stirred controversy.
In 1992, she unsuccessfully ran for the 52nd district in the California Assembly finishing third in the Democratic primary with 24.8% of the vote to Willard Murray (with 45.4%) and Compton councilwoman Patricia Moore (with 29.8%).
A judge has overturned a Compton City Council election decided by one vote after it was determined several ballots were illegally cast.
Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during the 1950s and 1960s, speaks at Color Compton on Aug. 24, 2024.
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Aja Brown – former mayor of Compton and youngest mayor in history of Compton [12] [13] Omar Bradley – former mayor of Compton [14] Former President George H. W. Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush and former President George W. Bush lived in Compton in 1949. [15] George and Barbara's second child Robin was born there. [16] [17]