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Patricia de Lille is a South African politician who is the current Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure and leader of the political party Good. She was previously Mayor of Cape Town from 2011 to 2018,and Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2011. She founded and led the Independent Democrats (ID),a political party which she formed in 2003 during a floor-crossing window,after she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). In August 2010,the ID merged with the Democratic Alliance,South Africa's official opposition,and the party was officially dissolved in 2014. From 2015 to 2017,she was Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape.
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Bobby Neal Bright Sr. is an American former lawyer,farmer,and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative and was previously the three term Mayor of Montgomery,Alabama. He served from 2009 to 2011 as the Representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. His 2008 campaign ran on the message of "America First". His voting record indicated that he was the most conservative member of the House Democratic Caucus in the 111th Congress. District 2 includes just over half of the state capital,Montgomery,as well as most of the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern part of the state.
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Michael Kent Winder is an American businessman,author,and politician. He was the mayor of West Valley City,Utah between 2010 and 2014. A Republican,he currently represents District 30 in the Utah House of Representatives,a position to which he was first elected in November 2016. He is the author of fourteen published books on Utah and LDS history,including Presidents and Prophets:The Story of America's Presidents and the LDS Church. He has received criticism in the press for using false identities and undisclosed pseudonyms for city promotion,for a political attack,and for editing of the Wikipedia article about him.
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Edward J. "Chip" Clancy Jr. was a Massachusetts politician who served the 55th mayor of Lynn,Massachusetts. He was first elected in November 2001. Previously,Clancy served on the Lynn City Council. After the council,he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate. In 2001,while still a member of the Massachusetts Senate,Clancy was elected as Mayor of Lynn;after his election as Mayor,Clancy resigned from the Senate. On November 3,2009 he was defeated by Republican challenger Judith Flanagan Kennedy,by a margin of 27 votes. Clancy continued to practice law and remained active in the community. Clancy died on June 6,2021 of natural causes at the age of 70,with his wife Linda and family by his side.
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Beginning shortly after the city's incorporation as a city in 1846,elections have been held in the mayor of Manchester,New Hampshire. The following article provides information on the elections for mayor in the city during the 21st century.