Independent candidate becomes first elected Black mayor of Colorado Springs | U.S.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 18, 2023
An independent candidate defeated a longtime Republican office holder to become the first elected Black mayor in Colorado Springs, Colorado’s second-largest city with a history of being a conservative stronghold.
The victory on Tuesday night of Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and entrepreneur who has never held elected office before, is the latest political setback for Republicans in a state that was once a battleground state. But that doesn’t mean a shift to the left.
Mobolade, who picked up the endorsements of some 
