Sacramento mayoral candidates Flo Cofer and Steve Hansen got into a heated exchange during a debate Wednesday over a seemingly simple question about Golden 1 Center. During a debate hosted Wednesday by The Sacramento Bee and KVIE, Cofer claimed the city is unable to use the downtown arena it subsidized as an emergency shelter during […]
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Buckeye Lake mayor asks Ohio Supreme Court to cancel Feb. 27 mayoral recall election
BUCKEYE LAKE − Mayor Jeryne Peterson filed a complaint Thursday with the Ohio Supreme Court, seeking to cancel the Feb. 27 special mayoral recall election. Peterson, elected in 2021, argues in the court filing that the recall election was not initiated by the village in compliance with its charter and Ohio law. The respondents named […]
Buckeye Lake solicitor, mayor spar over billing; village prepares for mayoral recall vote
BUCKEYE LAKE − The mayor and solicitor sparred over billing practices, a resident called the mayor “an embarrassment” and council asked for calm during the “turmoil” of a mayoral recall election campaign. That was the scene at Monday night’s Buckeye Lake Village Council meeting, when Mayor Jeryne Peterson continued in the center of the storm […]
Thiru Vignarajah, past candidate for Baltimore mayor and state’s attorney, to enter 2024 mayoral race
Pledging to run a “different” kind of campaign, Thiru Vignarajah, a former prosecutor and past candidate for Baltimore mayor, will announce a second bid for the office Wednesday. The campaign, which Vignarajah will make official at a morning news conference, will be his fourth in six years for a citywide office. In addition to a […]
Meet the expert helping Pueblo run its mayoral runoff election
As a child, Karen Goldman didn’t dream of working as a city clerk or a teacher. But over decades of experience as a city clerk, Goldman has built a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable experts in Colorado municipal elections. She advises municipal clerks around the state and has influenced legislation affecting city elections. […]
Mayoral run ‘part of god’s plan and not mine’
YORK, Pa. (WHTM) — Who was he to say “no” to God — and his wife? That’s the short version of the decision-making process leading up to Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow’s run for mayor. The slightly longer version: Current Mayor Michael Helfrich (D) had decided not to run again and asked Muldrow to consider running. […]
Democrat John Whitmire wins Houston mayoral race
Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects. Whitmire defeated Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth-largest city by population in the U.S. The two advanced from a Nov. 7 election featuring 18 candidates, when Whitmire ran 9 percentage points ahead […]