Even though Election night didn’t give us the
history-making moment we were all expecting,
for Stockton City, Calif., Councilman Michael
Tubbs, election night was doubly historic. Not
only did he become the city’s first black mayor,
but he also becomes the youngest mayor in the
city’s history , according to the Stockton Record.
“I’m tired of talking about where we’ve been. I’m
more interested in talking about where we’re
going. We have to mature as a community and
start demanding solutions,” Tubbs told the
audience at his victory party Tuesday night.
Tubbs defeated embattled incumbent Anthony
Silva , 41, who recently became embroiled in
scandal after he was arrested at his youth camp
and accused of giving alcohol to minors and
recording them playing strip poker.
Tubbs, a Stanford grad who interned at Google
and the White House, decided to go back to his
hometown to help make a difference after his
cousin was killed at a Halloween party in 2010 ,
according to Complex. For the past three years,
he’s served on the City Council, working to bring
health clinics to his district and improve the
relationship between the community and the
police.
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