Albany elects first black mayor

<p>Albany voters chose their first black mayor on Tuesday in an election that was postponed last fall because of a federal lawsuit over district lines of the southwest Georgia citys wards.</p><p>Dr. Willie Adams Jr. defeated incumbent Mayor Tommy Coleman by garnering more than 60 percent of the vote.</p><p>Adams, a physician, got 8,368 votes to 5,330 for Coleman, who has served four terms since 1990. Marcia Felts Wimberly, a Medicaid case manager, got 36 votes.</p><p>The nonpartisan elections for mayor and three of six City Commission seats were delayed last year by a federal judge. The American Civil Liberties Union sought the delay, arguing the citys wards were based on outdated census data and no longer reflected their true racial makeup.</p><p>Coleman was mayor from 1990-92 but did not seek re-election. He ran again and was elected in 1995.</p>

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