WATERLOO -- The mayor easily kept his seat for a fourth term, and a slate of newcomers will mean the Waterloo City Council is majority Black for the first time in history.

In a decisive victory, incumbent Mayor Quentin Hart vanquished a challenger from his own council, Margaret Klein, as well as a political action committee, Cedar Valley Backs the Blue, that had targeted Hart with billboards and mailers.

Hart, who raised an eye-popping $148,000 for his campaign in the last filing period, garnered 7,786 votes, or 58.1% of the total. He did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Challenger Klein, the Ward 1 councilor endorsed by the pro-law enforcement PAC, got 5,456 votes, or 40.7%.

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