Prominent Black Lives Matter activist to run for Baltimore mayor

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives February 4, 2016

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A prominent Black Lives Matter activist has made a late entry into the Democratic race for Baltimore mayor.

DeRay Mckesson filed to run Wednesday, the deadline for candidates in Maryland's April 26 primary. He joins a dozen contenders, including former Mayor Sheila Dixon, who will seek to succeed Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. In Baltimore, as in other heavily Democratic cities, the primary has long determined the general election winner. The city has not had a Republican mayor since Theordore McKeldin, who served from 1963 to 1967. More...