William S. Cogswell Jr.: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Cogswell was elected mayor on November 21, 2023 after defeating incumbent [[John Tecklenburg]] in a runoff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrd |first=Caitlin |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Cogswell declares victory in Charleston mayor race |work=The Post and Courier |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/cogswell-declares-victory-in-charleston-mayor-race-with-most-precincts-reporting/article_7dc0dc3a-87dd-11ee-aef6-535d4278cded.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brams |first=Sophie |date=November 21, 2023 |title=William Cogswell elected mayor of Charleston |work=WCBD-TV |url=https://www.counton2.com/news/your-local-election-hq/william-cogswell-elected-mayor-of-charleston/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baldwin |first=Skyler |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Nail-biter: Cogswell narrowly beats Tecklenburg in mayoral runoff |work=Charleston City Paper |url=https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2023/11/21/cogswell-beats-tecklenburg/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kayanja |first=Ian |date=November 22, 2023 |title=Vote certified: William Cogswell officially set to be Charleston's next mayor |work=WCIV-TV |url=https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/vote-certified-william-cogswell-officially-set-to-be-charlestons-next-mayor |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref> He will be the first Republican mayor of Charleston since 1877.<ref>{{Cite news |last=BERNSTEIN |first=BRITTANY |date=November 22, 2023 |title=Charleston, S.C., Elects First Republican Mayor Since the 1870s |work=The National Review |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/charleston-s-c-elects-first-republican-mayor-since-the-1870s/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Visser |first=Nick |date=November 24, 2023 |title=Charleston, South Carolina, Elects First Republican Mayor Since 1870s |work=Huffpost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charleston-mayor-republican-william-cogswell_n_65600971e4b0c0333bef1c6c |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>

Endorsements for Cogswell includedcame from South Carolina US Senator [[Tim Scott]], stateState Representative [[Mark Smith (South Carolina politician)|Mark Smith]], and stateState Senator [[Larry Grooms]], [[Berkeley County, South Carolina|Berkeley County]] elected officials<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kayanja |first=Ian |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Critical endorsements flow in for both Cogswell & Tecklenburg ahead of Tuesday's mayoral runoff |work=WCIV-TV |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/lowcountry-and-state-politics/critical-endorsements-flow-in-for-both-cogswell-tecklenburg-ahead-of-tuesdays-mayoral-runoff-charleston-mayor-race-news-south-carolina-wciv |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>, progressive activist Mika Gadsden<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grzeszczak |first=Jocelyn |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Mika Gadsden endorses William Cogswell in Charleston mayoral runoff |work=The Post and Courier |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/local_politics/mika-gadsden-endorses-william-cogswell-charleston-mayoral-runoff/article_4689716a-8327-11ee-b059-b7c794603bd6.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref> and others. South Carolina Republican Party chair [[Drew McKissick]] said in a press statement that Cogswell's victory represented a 'shifting momentum', referencing Republican Mayors elected in South Carolina's largest cities: [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], and Charleston.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venegas |first=Natalie |date=November 22, 2023 |title=Republican Lands Historic Win in South Carolina |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/republican-wins-charleston-mayoral-race-1846172 |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Julia |date=November 22, 2023 |title=Republican elected mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, for first time in almost 150 years |work=The Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/charleston-south-carolina-republican-150-years |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>

Cogswell is a distant relative of Colonel [[Milton Cogswell]], who was named a provisional Mayor of Charleston in 1868.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bogel-Burroughs |first=Nicholas |date=November 23, 2023 |title=Charleston Elects Republican Mayor for First Time Since 1870s |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/us/charleston-mayor-republican-william-cogswell.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>