Melvin Cartera s big win

Melvin Carter and his wife, Sakeena Futrell-Carter, at his campaign headquarters at 1250 West 7th Street on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Green Party candidate Elizabeth Dickinson, 57, a former actress, stage writer and star of one-woman Fringe Festival plays, watched the precinct numbers roll in from the Black Dog Cafe, a low-key artist hangout in Lowertown.