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Seven people are running for the five at-Large City Council seats in New Bedford in what’s considered one of the lowest field of candidates in the city’s history. Per the New Bedford election office, many people pulled papers, but only seven dropped off the required signatures by the August 15 deadline.
There will be no preliminary election for at-Large City Council on October 3rd as 11 candidates would be needed to hold a contest. All seven move on to the November 7th final election. Incumbent Deborah Coelho still needs to file officially by August 29th or only six would be running for the five slots.
Incumbents Brian K. Gomes, Linda Morad, Deborah Coelho, Naomi R.A. Carney and Ian Abreu along with
Christopher Boerl and Michael Jansen.
Several people pulled nomination papers, but didn’t turn in their 50 signatures to the election office at the August 15 deadlines. They are John G. Andrade, John C. Arruda, Jeffrey L. Matthews, John Moniz and Evangelos “Gillie” Safioleas.
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