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Posted by: Paul Burch on Jan 2, 2024

Paul Young was sworn in as the new mayor of Memphis on Monday at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, reports the Commercial Appeal. Young earned nearly 28% of the vote in the mayoral election last Oct., defeating 16 other candidates. “We are Memphis,” said Young in his acceptance speech. “Together, we can make history, we can make America’s largest majority minority city ... America’s safest city.” The elected city council members were also sworn in Monday, with Chair JB Smiley Jr. noting for the first time that the council has a female majority. Young previously served as the city's director of housing and community development, and president and CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission.