Carl Brewer (politician)

Carl Brewer (politician)

Carl Brewer is the mayor of Wichita, Kansas. He is the city's first African American mayor since 1970. A. Price Woodard served as the first African American mayor of Wichita from April 14, 1970, to April 13, 1971, and died January 1972. He is Wichita's second African American mayor but the first to be elected.

Brewer represented Wichita's District 1 from 2001 to 2007. [ [http://www.wichita.gov/Government/CityCouncil/Mayor/Default.htm City of Wichita - Mayor - Carl Brewer Main ] ] On April 3, 2007, he defeated incumbent Carlos Mayans in the race for mayor of Wichita by 61 percent to 37 percent. [cite news |first=Chris|last=Moon |title=Brewer easily defeats Mayans for mayor |url=http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2007/04/02/daily13.html |work=Wichita Business Journal |date=2007-04-04 |accessdate=2008-06-22 ]

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External links

* [http://www.wichita.gov/Government/CityCouncil/Mayor/Default.htm Mayor Carl Brewer] at City of Wichita official page


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