RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WTOC) - In 63 years, seven different men have served as Mayor of Richmond Hill. After November’s election, the face of city leadership will look noticeably different.

Kristi Cox and Belgicia Howell-Cowart are the only two candidates who qualified for the Richmond Hill Mayoral race. Voters will elect one of them to be the first woman to lead the city.

“We need to improve upon some things and so I feel like I’m here, ready,” Cox said about launching her campaign.

“I’m not a keyboard warrior,” Howell-Cowart said when asked why she’s running. “If I want to do something, I’m gonna take action and do it.”

The two women embrace adversity. Cox is a special needs mother who also lost a child to cancer. Howell-Cowart is a veteran and survivor of domestic abuse.

Cox has spent

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