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Former North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess swept a crowded 10-way field in the city’s mayoral election Tuesday night, securing nearly 60% of votes by 10 p.m. with 95% of precincts reporting. He will become the first new mayor of the city in nearly 30 years. He also will become the city’s first black mayor.
North Charleston city council approved a new district map this spring based off the 2020 census. The Nov. 7 election is the first with the new map.
North Charleston voters will have the opportunity this fall to elect the city's fourth mayor and all 10 city council seats.
Charleston’s seven mayoral candidates have raised nearly 10 times more in campaign cash than the seven North Charleston candidates.
Members of the North Charleston Mayoral Committee said the city’s African American population should unite behind one Black leader who would become the city's first Black mayor.