STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Stockbridge Mayor Anthony Ford did not win his bid for reelection on Tuesday night. Instead, he narrowly lost to a Clark Atlanta University student.
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Jayden Williams received 53.89% of the votes, while the incumbent mayor received 46.11%, a difference of about 421 votes.
[These north Georgia mayors were elected on Tuesday]
Williams says with his election, he becomes the youngest mayor in Stockbridge’s history, as well as the youngest African American mayor in Georgia’s history.
He is currently pursuing a degree in political science from Clark Atlanta University, according to his campaign website.
While there, he served as Freshman Class President and as Student Government Association Treasurer.
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