Arkansas, Dec. 8 -- An 18-year-old college student in the state of Arkansas has reportedly become the youngest black mayor to be elected in the US.
Jaylen Smith just left high school in May. On Tuesday, he was voted in to lead the rural town of Earle, 48 km west of Memphis, Tennessee, BBC reported.
He's not the first 18-year-old mayor in US history, but that hasn't stopped his family celebrating the major win.
"My mom can't stop crying," Smith told the Washington Post on Wednesday.
A Democrat, he won in the town of 1,800 residents as most US political watchers were tuned in to a Senate contest over in Georgia, the BBC reported.
"It's Time to Build a Better Chapter of Earle, Arkansas," Smith wrote on Facebook to celebrate his victory ov...