Chattanooga city councillor Erskine Oglesby will run for mayor in 2021.
Oglesby has represented District 7, adding Alton Park, St. Elmo and parts of downtown since 2017, but said on a Friday that his next 4 years would be more spent as mayor.
“For the most part of my adult life, I have committed to serving others, and the more than 4 years of serving the Chattanooga audience have brought many successes and opportunities for Chattanooga to grow,” he wrote. I need to see Chattanooga as a position where each and every citizen has the opportunity to expand their full potential. We can achieve the goals of equality and inclusion rooted in our civic culture. “
“From the demanding situations our citizens are going through lately, the next four years for our people will be a vital bankruptcy that we will have the opportunity to write about. Chattanooga has had the chance to be offering many opportunities, but there are many neighborhoods. in our people who continue to fight. “
Oglesby, who is president of the City Council, has reveled as chairman of the Board of the Erlanger Community Health Center and vice president of the Chattanooga Pension Board.
In the past, he participated in the creative discovery museum forums, WTCI-PBS Television, Cien Black Men of America, Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Metropolitan Ministries, and is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. , Chattanooga Downtown Kiwanis. and the National Association of Alumni at Tennessee State University.
Oglesby is one of seven applicants to compete in the race for the position of outgoing Mayor Andy Berke in March 2021, along with nonprofit leader Kim White, Councilman Russell Gilbert, activist Christopher Dahl and businessmen Monty Bruell, Tim Kelly and Andrew McLaren.
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