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Seven people are running for Ward 1 City Council in New Bedford. The preliminary election will be held on October 3rd and the top two vote getters move on to the November 7th final election.
Christopher Amaral, Melissa Costa, William Markey, Randy Santos, Mark Ventura, Daniel Costa and Steven Caton have all turned in enough signatures before the August 15th deadline. Only Steven Caton still needs to file officially before the August 29 deadline.
Current Ward 1 New Bedford City Councilor James Oliveira will not be seeking re-election this year. He replaced Linda Morad in 2012, who is now an at-Large Councilor.
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