Teenage mayor to be sworn in

Christopher Portman’s high school classmates thought he was joking last year when he told them he was running for mayor.

Christopher Portman’s high school classmates thought he was joking last year when he told them he was running for mayor.

He was not - and tomorrow, 19-year-old Portman will take the oath of office as Mayor of Mercer, a Pennsylvania borough with 2,391 residents.

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