How A Liberian Refugee Got To Be A Montana Mayor
Wilmot Collins will be sworn in on January 2. His victory in the mayoral election in Helena has made headlines the world over.
by Corin Cates-Carney
Dec 25, 2017
3 minutes
In a year of anti-refugee sentiment in many corners of the world (and especially in the U.S.), one former refugee and first-time candidate ran for office — and won.
Twenty-three years before Wilmot Collins became the mayor-elect of Helena, Montana, he was himself a refugee from Liberia. He stood in a long line at the port of Monrovia, Liberia, waiting for a cargo vessel to carry him away from the country's civil war.
Running on a progressive platform this November, Collins unseated a four-term incumbent in the capital city of
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