SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Five major candidates running to become San Francisco’s next mayor met Wednesday for their first debate ahead of the election. The candidates took the stage at Sydney Goldstein Theater to duke it out with one another and convince San Francisco voters of why they should be the next mayor. The most […]
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Berkley leads mayoral race, discusses housing crisis across Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Soon after the polls closed on Tuesday evening mayoral candidate Shelley Berkley started out leading the race coming in with 38% of the vote and Victoria Seaman with 27% of the vote. “I’m thrilled and very appreciative to all of the voters that cast their vote, not only for me but […]
New York City Council passes bill to increase say in oversight, despite mayoral opposition
NEW YORK — The City Council overwhelmingly passed legislation to give itself greater oversight of top mayoral appointments — the latest move in a power struggle with Mayor Eric Adams. The bill would subject 20 positions to confirmation hearings and a vote by the 51-member legislative body, including commissioners of the buildings, transportation and sanitation […]
Controversy arises over process, mayoral picks for Omaha’s first-ever Inland Port Authority board
Omaha Inland Port Authority boundaries shown in red. Orange is Eppley Airfield. (Courtesy of City of Omaha) OMAHA — The appointment of the first-ever Omaha Inland Port Authority board, poised to happen Tuesday, should trigger a start on multiple projects within a roughly 300-acre zone in northeast Omaha. Among initiatives that the new nine-member body […]
Another mayoral candidate murdered days before Mexico elections
A mayoral candidate in the central Mexican state of Morelos was murdered on Tuesday, while another one was wounded by gunfire in western Jalisco state, the governments of both states said in the latest incident of violence targeting Mexican politicians this year. The attacks took place less than a week before Mexicans head to the […]
Former Tallahassee mayoral candidate arrested in armed robbery of a Dollar General store
A 2022 mayoral candidate was arrested after allegedly robbing a Dollar General store and attempting to disguise himself as an employee before escaping with cash stuffed in his pockets, according to court records. Police found Whitfield Leland, 44, by following a trail of cash spewing from his pockets that led to where he was hiding […]
Mayoral candidate and five other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayoral candidate and five other people were killed when people opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas, officials said. State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late Thursday, along with mayoral candidate Lucero López Maza. […]
Baltimore mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon not calling it quits until mail-in ballots are counted
BALTIMORE — The race for Baltimore mayor may have been called for incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, but challenger Sheila Dixon said Wednesday she’s not giving up. In a statement by her campaign team, the former mayor said she will wait for more mail-in ballots to be counted before making any statements on the race. “In […]
Town Council Secretary wins South Bethany mayoral race by 51 votes Saturday
Residents of South Bethany elected Town Council Secretary Edith “Edie” Dondero as their new mayor on Saturday. She beat fellow Town Council member Tim Shaw by 51 votes. In response to a questionnaire from Delaware Online/The News Journal, Dondero said that she wants to fix storm water management infrastructure, plan ahead for rising sea levels […]
Anchorage’s mayoral runoff election will come down to turnout
May 11—A cliche in politics is that candidates win elections with turnout: It all comes down to whose supporters show up in greater numbers to cast ballots. In the runoff election between incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson and former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance, that truism is being repeated again and again by the campaigns, their surrogates […]
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The mayoral thriller that exposed Tory and Labour challenges
The drama started on Friday morning, before a single vote had been counted. It didn’t stop until late in the night on Saturday. It’s normal for party campaign teams and supporters to brief journalists on how they think the vote has gone once the polls are closed and the ballot papers are verified. At that […]