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| office = Mayor of [[Newbern, Alabama]] |
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| predecessor = Haywood Stokes III (acting) |
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| ⚫ | '''Patrick Braxton''' is an American politician. |
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| ⚫ | '''Patrick Braxton''' is an American politician.<ref name=walker>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Adria R. |date=2024-03-29 |title=Alabama town that hasn't held elections in decades sued to allow voting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/newbern-alabama-election-lawsuit-mayor |access-date=2024-04-11 |newspaper=The Guardian }}</ref><ref name=abc>{{Cite news |first1=Steve |last1=Osunsami |first2=Nathan |last2=Smith |first3=Brittany |last3=Gaddy |first4=Allie |last4=Weintraub |title=Alabama town's first Black mayor claims he's been locked out by white predecessor |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alabama-towns-black-mayor-claims-locked-white-predecessor/story?id=102862563 |access-date=2024-04-11 |publisher=[[ABC News]]}}</ref><ref name="capitalb">{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Aallyah |date=2023-07-19 |title=A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won't Let Him Serve |url=https://capitalbnews.org/newbern-alabama-black-mayor/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Capital B |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719234525/https://capitalbnews.org/newbern-alabama-black-mayor/ |url-status=live |quote=As Braxton, 57...}}</ref><ref name="dailykos">{{Cite web |title=Alabama town gets first Black mayor, but the previous one won't leave |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/16/2175885/-Alabama-town-got-its-first-Black-mayor-but-previous-administration-won-t-leave |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Daily Kos |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720091306/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/16/2175885/-Alabama-town-got-its-first-Black-mayor-but-previous-administration-won-t-leave |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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He was born and raised in [[Newbern, Alabama]].<ref name=abc/> |
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He is known for being involved in a civil rights dispute, after being the first elected black mayor of the [[Newbern, Alabama]], a small town ([[Newbern, Alabama#Demographics|population 133]] as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]]) with a [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020|majority Black]] population (64% as of 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Newbern town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0153784&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> He was the only candidate to file for election in 2020 and so won by default. |
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According to Braxton, the town had not held an election in several decades prior to this, with successive mayors being appointed by the previous ones and then appointing town councillors. He was |
He is known for being involved in a civil rights dispute, after being the first elected black mayor of Newbern, a small town ([[Newbern, Alabama#Demographics|population 133]] as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]]) with a [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020|majority Black]] population (64% as of 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Newbern town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0153784&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> He was the only candidate to file for election in 2020 and so won by default. |
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According to Braxton, the town had not held an election in several decades prior to this, with successive mayors being appointed by the previous ones and then appointing town councillors. He was obstructed by the previous administration from assuming office, with the previous and acting mayor of Newbern, Haywood Stokes III, holding a special election that was not publicized to reappoint himself and his town council members to office. Braxton has alleged that this obstruction was racially motivated. He filed suit in 2023, and his case has received attention from various regional news sources.<ref name="cbs">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-22 |title=Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newburn-alabama/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723020435/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-braxton-black-man-says-he-was-elected-mayor-of-newburn-alabama/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="capitalb"/><ref name="dailykos"/> |
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Braxton says that while he asked both white and black residents to serve, no white residents agreed. Some of the people Braxton appointed to his town council were James Ballard, Barbara Patrick, Janice Quarles, and Wanda Scott, who are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit, ''Braxton et al v. Stokes et al.'' Only one black resident had ever served on the town's council before and none had served as mayor.<ref name="cbs"/> |
Braxton says that while he asked both white and black residents to serve, no white residents agreed. Some of the people Braxton appointed to his town council were James Ballard, Barbara Patrick, Janice Quarles, and Wanda Scott, who are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit, ''Braxton et al v. Stokes et al.'' Only one black resident had ever served on the town's council before and none had served as mayor.<ref name="cbs"/> |
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In March 2024 the Legal Defense Fund filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama]] to compel the town to hold elections in November.<ref name=walker/> |
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Patrick Braxton is an American politician.[1][2][3][4]
He was born and raised in Newbern, Alabama.[2]
He is known for being involved in a civil rights dispute, after being the first elected black mayor of Newbern, a small town (
2020 Census) with a majority Black population (64% as of 2020).[5]
He was the only candidate to file for election in 2020 and so won by default.
According to Braxton, the town had not held an election in several decades prior to this, with successive mayors being appointed by the previous ones and then appointing town councillors. He was obstructed by the previous administration from assuming office, with the previous and acting mayor of Newbern, Haywood Stokes III, holding a special election that was not publicized to reappoint himself and his town council members to office. Braxton has alleged that this obstruction was racially motivated. He filed suit in 2023, and his case has received attention from various regional news sources.[6][3][4]
Braxton says that while he asked both white and black residents to serve, no white residents agreed. Some of the people Braxton appointed to his town council were James Ballard, Barbara Patrick, Janice Quarles, and Wanda Scott, who are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Braxton et al v. Stokes et al. Only one black resident had ever served on the town's council before and none had served as mayor.[6]
In March 2024 the Legal Defense Fund filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to compel the town to hold elections in November.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Walker, Adria R. (2024-03-29). "Alabama town that hasn't held elections in decades sued to allow voting". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ a b Osunsami, Steve; Smith, Nathan; Gaddy, Brittany; Weintraub, Allie. "Alabama town's first Black mayor claims he's been locked out by white predecessor". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ a b Wright, Aallyah (2023-07-19). "A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won't Let Him Serve". Capital B. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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- ^ a b "Alabama town gets first Black mayor, but the previous one won't leave". Daily Kos. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Newbern town, Alabama". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-07-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
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