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Anthony Foxx
Anthony Renard Foxx (born April 30, 1971) is an American politician who has been the United States Secretary of Transportation since 2013. He served as the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005, and he was elected as Mayor on November 3, 2009, winning 51.5%〔(State Board of Elections - Nov. 3 Mecklenburg election results )〕 of the vote and defeating his City Council colleague, Republican John Lassiter. He won a second term on November 8, 2011, winning more than two-thirds of the vote against Republican Scott Stone.〔(Mecklenburg - Election Results )〕 He is a member of the Democratic Party.〔 〕
Originally elected at the age of 38, Foxx was the youngest mayor of Charlotte, and was the first Democrat to hold the office since Harvey Gantt left office in 1987. He was Charlotte's second African American mayor, as well as its first newly elected mayor since 1995, when Pat McCrory began the first of his record seven terms in office. On April 5, 2013, he announced that he would not seek reelection as Mayor in 2013.〔("Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx cites family in announcement he won’t run for third term" (Charlotte Business Journal article) )〕
On April 29, 2013, President Barack Obama said he would nominate Foxx to be the Secretary of Transportation.〔(Nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation: Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, May 22, 2013. )〕 On June 27, 2013 the Senate confirmed the nomination of Foxx to the post of Secretary of Transportation on a vote of 100-0.〔(Cabinet post caps Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx's steep ascent | CharlotteObserver.com )〕 He was sworn into the position on July 2, 2013.〔(Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Sworn in as 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Department of Transportation )〕
==Early life==
Foxx was born on April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina.〔(Blogger: Inloggen )〕 He was raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and his grandparents, James and Mary Foxx, and graduated from West Charlotte High School.〔 He graduated from Davidson College, where he was the first African American student body president, in 1993. Foxx majored in history, and went on to earn a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1996.〔〔
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