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john fetterman -lrb- politician -rrb-

john fetterman is an american politician who is mayor of braddock , pennsylvania .
fetterman is a native of york , pennsylvania .
he earned a bachelor 's degree in finance from albright college in 1991 and then attended harvard university where he earned a master 's degree in public policy .
he moved to braddock in 2001 to work for americorps , won the mayoral election in 2005 , and was re-elected in may 2009 .
as mayor , fetterman has drawn international attention in trying to revitalize the economy in braddock .
while the town had over 20,000 residents in the first half of the 20th century due to its proximity to andrew carnegie 's steel mills , the population and economy collapsed beginning in the 1970s with the decline of the steel industry .
