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Bill Saffo
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Mayor Saffo, July 2008
Mayor of Wilmington
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 11, 2006

As mayor, he helped usher in the age of digital television on September 8, 2008, when Wilmington became the first city in the United States to switch over from the previous analog television platform. [14] [15]

Having won every mayoral election since his appointment in 2006, Saffo became Wilmington's longest-serving mayor after he again won reelection on November 7, 2017, surpassing the record set in 1937 by Walter H. Blair, who held the office for 11 years. [16] As of 2023, Saffo is serving his eighth consecutive term as mayor. [17]

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