Victoria Jackson-Stanley | |
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19th Mayor of the City of Cambridge | |
In office July 21, 2008 –January 4, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Cleveland Rippons |
Succeeded by | Andrew Bradshaw |
Personal details | |
Born | USA | August 20,1953
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jerome Tollifer Stanley |
Children | Ericca Louise Stanley |
Profession | Social worker |
Victoria Jackson-Stanley (born August 20,1953) is an American politician who previously served as mayor of the city of Cambridge,Maryland. She was the first African-American and the first mayor [1] of Cambridge,Maryland. [2] [ clarification needed ]
Jackson-Stanley was born in and grew up in Cambridge,where blacks attended segregated schools. The town had a history of racial unrest,with race riots making headlines in the 1960s. [3] By the 1970s,the town integrated and she was among the first black students to attend the previously all-white Cambridge High School. [4]
Jackson-Stanley was previously the deputy director of the Dorchester County Department of Social Services. [5] She and her husband,Jerome,live in Cambridge;they have a daughter and a grandson.
On June 10,2008,in a non-partisan primary election Jackson-Stanley and incumbent Mayor Cleveland Rippons won the right to face each other in the July general election. Rippons received 696 votes,Jackson-Stanley 674 votes and Octavene Saunders finished third with 128 votes. [6] Under Cambridge local election laws,only the top two vote-getters qualify for a run-off general election. Rippons,an eight-year incumbent,was criticized during the campaign for his support of the expansion of development in and around Cambridge. [5] On July 8,2008 voters chose Jackson-Stanley over Rippons by a 1,383 to 1,231 margin. [7] Although Cambridge is composed equally of black and white residents,neither candidate felt that the other brought up race as an issue. [4] Residents agreed that economic growth and other concerns were more important than gender or race. [8] Jackson-Stanley was sworn in on July 21,2008. [9] She won a second term in July 2012. [10] Jackson-Stanley served a third term from 2016 to 2020. She was defeated in a runoff election by a 57% to 43% margin in 2020 by local businessman and volunteer firefighter Andrew Bradshaw.
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