CNN projects voters in Milwaukee have elected Cavalier Johnson as the city's next mayor
"This city, for the first time in our 176-year history, has elected its first Black mayor. We did it," Johnson said Tuesday.Johnson, who at 35 is also the city's first millennial mayor, defeated former Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan in the special election for a shortened two-year term. He took over as the city's acting mayor last December, after the incumbent Tom Barrett stepped down to become the US ambassador to Luxembourg.
"He also ran on a platform of"reducing violence and ensuring safety" for the city, which he said"is at a critical junction."Milwaukee, one of the country's 40 most populous cities, recorded more homicides in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to a CNN analysis of police department data. It was the second year in a row that the city set a homicide record, a police spokesman confirmed to CNN.
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