Politician/Selina Hughes

Selina Hughes is an American politician serving as the 47th Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. A Democrat, she previously served as a member of the Baltimore School Board. Hughes announced her candidacy for Mayor after incumbent Brandon Fay announced his intention not to seek re-election in December 1998. She defeated Vance Huff in the general election with over 60% of the vote. And was inaugurated on January 1, 2000.

Early life
Hughes was born to Samantha Hughes and an unknown father. She was raised in West Baltimore and attended elementary and high school in that neighborhood. She would later attend college at Princeton University and would graduate from it in 1989. Meyer worked for U.S Senator Morgan Oliver from 1989 to 1991 until she pursued her own career in politics.

Meyer said watching then-Vice President Paige Bohm become the first female Vice President in 1988 inspired her to get into public office.

Baltimore School Board (1992-2000)
Hughes was elected to the Baltimore School Board in 1991 with 76.9% of the vote. She was sworn in by Mayor Brandon Fay. She introduced legislation to raise teacher salaries and to supply children with Universal School Lunches. These both would pass easily and would become standard upon their passage.

In 1993 Hughes would introduce a bill to give a comprehensive sex education class in Baltimore, the first of its kind in Maryland. The bill would pass with only slight opposition.

In 1995 she would win re-election unopposed and would be sworn into a second term on January 1st, 1996.

Throughout her tenure on the Baltimore School Board, many described her as a hopeful optimist, hoping to get many things done at once.

Hughes term as a member of the Baltimore School Board ended on January 1st, 2000 as she assumed the office of Mayor of Baltimore

Baltimore City Mayor (2000-present)
Hughes was inaugurated as Mayor of Baltimore on January 1, 2000. In her inaugural address, she expressed the need to find compromise and to pass legislation that would benefit residents of Baltimore.