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Ron Oden
1950–
United States
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Ron Oden (born March 21, 1950) is an American politician. In November 2003, he was elected the first gay African-American mayor of Palm Springs, California, after serving eight years on the city council. He became the first Black openly gay man elected mayor of a U.S. city.
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