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Malik Evans

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Malik Evans
Member of the Rochester City Council
at-large
Assumed office
2018[1]
President of the Rochester City School District Board of Education
In office
2008–2013
Personal details
Bornc. 1979 or 1980
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Shawanda Evans[1]
Children2
ProfessionBank officer

Malik Evans is an American politician and banker who is the Democratic Party nominee for mayor of Rochester, New York. Presently, Evans is serving on Rochester City Council as an at-large member.

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Evans was first elected to the Rochester City School District school board in 2003. At age 23, he was the youngest person voted onto the board in its history.[2] He served a total of 14 years on the board and was its president for five years from 2008 to 2013.[1] During his tenure on the school board, the RCSD improved its graduation rates to over 50%.[3] Evans has also worked as the Prosperity Program Manager at ESL Federal Credit Union and at M&T Bank.[4] After being elected to the city council in 2018, Evans is currently the Finance Committee chairman of the city council, a role which he will retain until presumably taking office as mayor. He previously worked as a legislative aide to former councilman Wade Norwood as one of his first jobs.[1]

2021 Rochester mayoral election[edit]

Evans declared his candidacy for mayor of Rochester on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021.[5] He ran with the slogans of "restoring transparency" and "building bridges", also prioritizing economic development through providing job opportunities for youths and reducing gun violence by cracking down on illegal guns.[6] Despite incumbent Rochester mayor Lovely Warren's numerous controversies, Evans refused to directly attack the mayor during his campaign and the election debate, instead focusing on promoting his platform.[2]

On June 22, 2021, Evans handily defeated Warren in the Democratic primary, receiving 66% of the vote as opposed to Warren's 34%.[2][7] Despite Evans outspending and out-raising Warren, some still expected Warren to win, given her past two election victories.[8] Evans will run unopposed in the general elections, as the Working Families Party has also thrown its support behind him and no other party has filed to run.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Freile, Victoria. "He handily defeated Lovely Warren in mayoral primary. Things to know about Malik Evans". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Andreatta, David; Moule, Jeremy (2021-06-23). "Malik Evans trounces Mayor Lovely Warren in Democratic primary, paves way to City Hall". www.wxxinews.org. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. "Councilman Defeats Indicted Rochester Mayor in Dem. Primary". USNews.com. 2021-06-23.
  4. Adams, Thomas (2014-05-01). "ESL hires Evans for new business growth position". Rochester Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. Gorbman, Randy. "Warren gets Democratic party's designation in Rochester mayoral race". CITY News. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  6. "Mayoral candidate Malik Evans introduces plan to address illegal guns". RochesterFirst. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  7. Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (2021-06-23). "The embattled mayor of Rochester, who had been under indictment, loses handily". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sharp, Brian. "Malik Evans wins big over incumbent Lovely Warren in primary for Rochester mayor". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  9. "Our Candidates".

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