19-year-old OU student elected mayor of Muskogee

 
By Julie Bisbee
Published: May 14, 2008

MUSKOGEE — A 19-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor of Muskogee in Tuesday's elections.

John Tyler Hammons handily beat city government veteran Hershel Ray McBride in the race for mayor in this eastern Oklahoma community of 40,000. Hammons received 3,703 votes, or 69.6 percent, and McBride got 1,616 votes or 30....


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