Trots de ganska få val som hölls i USA den 3 november var det ändå en sensationell segrare som märkligt nog glömdes bort, iaf i nationella medier i USA.
I den största staden i USA:s tionde största stat valdes för första gången på 22 år en demokrat. Än mer intressant blir det när man inser att han har en hel del gemensamt med Obama. Anthony Foxx är svart och valdes i en övervägande vit stad i en sydstat – Charlotte, North Carolina.
A young African-American Democrat, raised by a single mom and his grandparents, now a successful lawyer, aims for a seat that’s been Republicans for years. He mobilizes young and African-American voters and wins in a strong showing. Sound familiar?
If that isn’t a good enough political story, consider that the last Democratic mayor in this Southern banking citadel was Harvey Gantt, the African-American architect who won fame for trying, twice, to unseat arch-conservative U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.
Yet Democrat Anthony Foxx’s win over Republican John Lassiter is not an insignificant anthill on the political landscape. The largest city in the nation’s 10th largest state elected its first Democratic mayor in 22 years, an African-American in a majority-white Southern city, a progressive mass transit supporter and an environmentalist.