Candidate who wanted city as white 'as possible' gets 4% [View all]

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Source: Associated Press

Candidate who wanted city as white 'as possible' gets 4%
Updated 5:17 pm CST, Wednesday, November 6, 2019



Photo: Brian Wells, AP
FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, City Council candidate Jean Cramer responds to questioning at her home in Marysville, Mich. Cramer, who dropped out after saying she wanted to keep her community white "as much as possible" still received 4% of the vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Cramer ended her candidacy in Marysville in August, but it was too late to remove her name from the ballot. Cramer finished last among five candidates with 180 votes. (Brian Wells/The Times Herald via AP, File)


MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A city council candidate in Michigan who dropped out after saying she wanted to keep her community white "as much as possible" still received 4% of the vote.

Jean Cramer ended her candidacy in Marysville in August, but it was too late to remove her name from the ballot. Cramer finished last among five candidates with 180 votes.

Cramer couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday. Her phone line was busy.

Marysville's new mayor, Wayne Pyden, says he believes Cramer might have received votes from older residents who heard her pledge to help senior citizens.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Candidate-who-wanted-city-as-white-as-possible-14815122.php

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