Arkansas’ capital city could elect black mayor for 1st time

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters are casting ballots in a runoff election that could result in Little Rock’s first popularly elected black mayor , six decades after Arkansas’ capital city was the center of a school desegregation fight.
Frank Scott and Baker Kurrus are running in Tuesday’s runoff election for the nonpartisan, open seat. If Scott wins the race, he would be the first African American elected mayor of Little Rock.
The city has had two black mayors, but both we