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Charleston elects Republican mayor for first time since 1870s

The city of Charleston, South Carolina, has elected its first Republican mayor since the reconstruction era of the 1870s.  According to the South Carolina Election Commission, state Rep. William Cogswell defeated incumbent Mayor John Tecklenburg (D) by two percentage points in runoff election Tuesday.  Five hundred and sixty-six votes separated the two candidates, according to […]

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