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Atlanta: give me your Republican mayors
I may be finding a trend. At some point, two party systems went missing in our country’s great cities, and no one seems to care. Scant a city is without some complaints of at least a lackluster Republican Party, yet … Continue reading
Phoenix: an active urban Republican Party
A few hours ago, I got an email from Ed Montini, a political writer for the Arizona Republic, a regional newspaper based in Phoenix. It comes as no surprise that a city of 1.5 million, better than 75 percent of … Continue reading
Benjamin Flanders: last Republican mayor of New Orleans
It is important for me to understand Philadelphia doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It is no secret that since the 1960s, when the Democratic Party became the benefactors of black voting loyalty, as many urban centers have seen white flight, … Continue reading
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