Local Races Heat Up in the City of Providence
Matthew Jerzyk, MINDSETTER™
Local Races Heat Up in the City of Providence
Besides an exciting Mayoral election, the City of Providence is expected to have several contentious City Council races in the September 14th Democratic Primary. Here are a list of the fifteen City Council members and the current status of their re-election bids.
1. Seth Yurdin - No announced opponent.
2. Cliff Wood - No announced opponent.
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4. Nick Narducci - No announced opponent.
5. Michael Solomon - No announced opponent.
6. Joe DeLuca - Retiring. Michael Correia is the only announced candidate.
7. John Igliozzi - No announced opponent.
8. Leon Tejada - Announced opponent is Hamlet Lopez, Jr.
9. Miguel Luna - Announced opponents are Gonzalo Cuervo and Hector Jose.
10. Luis Aponte - No announced opponent.
11. Balbina Young - Retiring. Possible candidates are George Lindsey, Ronnie Young and Kareem Van Leesten
12. Council Majority Leader Terry Hassett - No announced opponent.
13. John Lombardi - Retiring after 26 years on the Council and running for Mayor. Announced candidates are Brian Principe and Steve Meresi.
14. Council President Peter Mancini - Retiring - Announced candidates are Phil McKendall, David Salvatore and Daniel Auxier.
15. Josephine DiRuzzo - Sabina Matos is running again in a re-match of the close 2006 election.
Raising the stakes in this election is the fight for the next Council presidency. There are currently three candidates: Solomon, Aponte and Hassett. You can expect that these three will be supporting certain candidates over others as they look to assemble the 8 votes that they need to win the presidency. Sources say that Aponte has the support of Jackson, Solomon has the support of Wood and Hassett has the support of Igliozzi. However, Providence politics isn't the bush leagues and things change in the blink of an eye. Stay tuned!