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Mayor-elect Jaylen Smith of Earle, Arkansas is 18, a college freshman, and he just became the youngest Black mayor in the country. Smith joins Morning Joe to discuss his win. He will be the mayor of Earle, a town of just under 2,000 people, according to 2020 census data, near Memphis, Tennessee.
Jaylen Smith, who graduated from Earle High School in May, is now the city's mayor -- one of the youngest ever to be elected as a mayor in the country.
An Arkansas city elected the nation's youngest Black mayor in the runoffs.
An Arkansas city elected the nation's youngest Black mayor in the runoffs.