Given the question: Facts: - residence: ithaca , new york - party: democrat - predecessor: carolyn k. peterson - office: mayor of ithaca , new york - term start: january 1 , 2012 - birth date: 15 march 1987 - name: svante myrick - image: svante myrick gim me coffee picture.jpg - birth place: earlville , new york - alma mater: cornell university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of svante myrick .
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svante myrick -lrb- born march 15 , 1987 -rrb- is mayor of ithaca , new york .myrick is a member of the democratic party .in september 2011 , he won a contested primary election for the democratic party mayoral nomination , and on november 8 , 2011 won the general election with 54.9 % of the vote , defeating three other candidates -lrb- two independents and one republican -rrb- .upon taking office in january 2012 , he became the city 's youngest mayor and its first african-american mayor .myrick was born and raised in the small town of earlville , new york .first elected at age of 20 to ithaca 's common council , myrick was one of the youngest elected african-americans in united states history .at 27 , he is one of the youngest mayors in us history and one of the few to be popularly elected by city-wide vote .