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Benjamin to serve as Columbia's next mayor
Posted: 04.20.2010 at 8:29 PM Updated: 04.20.2010 at 9:10 PM
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Steve Benjamin in an interview with WACH FOX earlier Tuesday.
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He becomes the city's first African American mayor and the first new mayor in 20 years.

Steve Benjamin grabbed over 55 percent of voters' approval in Tuesday's run-off.  That compares to opponent Kirkman Finlays 44 percent.

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