Terence Roberts

Terence Roberts is the current mayor of Anderson, South Carolina, the county seat of Anderson [County, South Carolina]. Serving since July 1, 2006, he is the first African-American mayor of the city.

Biography

Terence Roberts was born on November 26, 1959. He was raised in Anderson and is a 1978 graduate of Westside [High School (South Carolina)|Westside High School] in Anderson. He graduated with a B.A. in marketing from Winthrop University. After school he started his own insurance agency.
In 2006, he defeated 2-term incumbent mayor Richard Shirley by a vote of 2,219 to 1,887 becoming the first Black mayor of the city.
He was certified as the winner of the April 8, 2018, election, as the only candidate for mayor, and automatically reelected for a fourth term, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022.