Terence Roberts (born 1959/1960) is the current

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, the

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. Serving since July 1, 2006, he is the first

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mayor of the city.

Biography

Terence Roberts was born on November 26, 1959 (aged 62). He was raised in Anderson and is a 1978 graduate of West Side High School in Anderson. He graduated with a B.A. in marketing from

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. After school he started his own insurance agency. In 2006, he defeated 2-term incumbent mayor Richard Shirley by a vote of 2,219 to 1,887 becoming the first Black mayor of the city. He was certified as the winner of the April 8, 2018, election, as the only candidate for mayor, and automatically reelected for a fourth term, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022.

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