Today, in our sixth entry on Know Your Mayors we feature Dwight Clinton Jones (b. 1948) who recently replaced former Virginia governor Doug Wilder to become the 79th mayor of Richmond, Va.
Jones (D) is a Baptist minister who was born in Philadelphia.
He became the mayor of Richmond on Dec. 31, 2008.
Jones was previously in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1994-2008.
It is interesting to note that one previous mayor of Richmond Tim Kaine (D) became the current governor of Virginia.
Whereas the last mayor of Richmond, Wilder was a previous governor of the state. Wilder broke a race barrier when he became the first black governor of Virginia in 1990.
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