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Wilmot Collins (born October 15, 1963) is an American politician serving as the mayor of Helena, Montana. [2] He defeated four-term incumbent mayor James E. Smith in the 2017 mayoral election on November 7, 2017, with 51% of the vote. This victory made him the first black person to be elected the mayor of any city in the history of Montana ...
This category is for persons who have held the position of mayor in the U.S. state of Montana. ... Bill Cole (Montana politician) Wilmot Collins; F. Henry Frank; H.
In 2017, Helena voters elected as mayor former Liberian refugee Wilmot Collins, who was widely reported to be Helena's first black mayor. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The Independent Record reported contested research indicating that in the early 1870s one E. T. Johnson, listed in the city directory as a black barber from Washington D.C., had been elected ...
This is a list of mayors of Billings, Montana. Pre-charter government. John Tully (1884-1887) [1] William P. Matheson (July 1885 – April 1887)
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That fall, after 16 years as mayor, Smith lost his re-election bid to challenger Wilmot Collins, a Liberian-American immigrant, who became the first person of color to serve as mayor of Helena since the city was incorporated. [17] Likewise, the City Commission races, also non-partisan, were swept by Progressive candidates. [18]
First African-American mayor of Helena, Montana: Wilmot Collins [132] First African American to be appointed mayor of Danville, Illinois: Rickey Williams Jr. [133] First African-American mayor of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania: Mark Barbee [134] First African-American mayor of Lathrup Village, Michigan: Mykale (Kelly) Garrett [135]
Wilmot Collins, Mayor of Helena and former 2020 candidate for the U.S. Senate [13] John Heenan, attorney and candidate for Montana's at-large congressional district in 2018 [14] Michael Punke, writer and former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization [15] [16] Brian Schweitzer, former Governor of Montana (endorsed Williams) [17]