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Melvin Carter

1979–

United States

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Melvin Whitfield Carter III (born January 8, 1979) is an American politician who was the 55th mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Elected to his first term in 2017 and reelected in 2021, Carter was St. Paul's first African American mayor.

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