COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS: Democrat Alvin Brown became the first Black mayor in the history of Jacksonville, Fla. after defeating Republican candidate Mike Hogan in a close election.

Brown garnered 50.4 percent of the total vote to Hogan's 49.6 percent. The winning vote margin was 1,648 out of a total of more than 192,000 votes cast. Voter turnout was approximately 38 percent.

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Here are some of Brown's personal highlights, as written on his campaign website:

• Current Executive in Residence at Jacksonville University (JU) Davis College of Business
• Managed $4 billion initiative to create jobs as executive director of the White House Community Empowerment Board
• Former advisor to President Bill Clinton
• Former senior advisor for Urban Policy to Vice President Al Gore
• Former advisor to late Secretary Ron Brown on Defense
• Managed $100 million disaster recovery initiatives at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Former senior advisor to HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo
• Served as president of Willie Gary Classic Foundation
• Chairman of the Board of Families for Slain Children
• Served on Supervisor of Elections panel after 2000 election
• Member, Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce and former Board member
• Former member of Board of Directors at Jacksonville University
• Worked as a Winn-Dixie meat cutter while attending JU
• Earned B.S. and M.B.A degrees from Jacksonville University
• Completed post graduate study at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
• Honorary Doctorate from Edward Waters College
• Member Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
• Member St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church