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Jaylen Smith won a runoff election to lead the town of Earle, Arkansas.
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Jaylen Smith won a runoff election to lead the town of Earle, Arkansas.
"People are crying out for change, and I want to be the change to move Earle forward," he said.
A Black teen from northeast Arkansas has made history by becoming the youngest American mayor ever to hold office. The recent high school graduate has
Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor of Earle in Tuesday's runoff election, winning 235 votes to Nemi Matthews' 183, according to complete but unofficial results.
Jaylen Smith, 18, won a runoff election in Earle, Arkansas to become the city's next mayor, one of the youngest in the United States.