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Three people are running for Mayor of New Bedford this election cycle. Per the New Bedford election office, many people pulled papers, but only three dropped off the required signatures by the August 15 deadline.
The preliminary election will be held on October 3rd and the top two vote getters move on to the November 7th final election.
Current New Bedford mayor Jon Mitchell is seeking re-election for his fourth term and New Bedford Police officer Charlie Perry filed officially. Mitchell Garner has turned in his signatures, but has until 5pm on 29 August to file officially. If Garner doesn’t file officially by 5pm on August 29th, there will be no preliminary election on October 3rd and both Mitchell and Perry will move on to the final election on November 7th.
Several people pulled nomination papers, but didn’t turn in their 50 signatures to the election office at the August 15 deadlines. They are Sean G. Fitzgerald, Ronald Perry, David Pimentel and Michael J. Proule.
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