This post was updated with new information on Friday, Aug. 5.
Bridget Harris and Avnish Patel and now Jeanne Solnordal have joined Tom Ramsey, Jennifer Long, Betsy Smegal Andersen, and N. Sunny Bostrom-Fleming in obtaining papers to run for City Council in the 2022 General Municipal Election.
Ruchi Medhekar is the latest candidate, along with Avnish Patel to pull papers to run for one of the two open seats on the Board of Education. Candidates have until August 12 to do so. (Patel has also pulled papers for the City Council race.)
The nomination period for candidates for Board of Education and City Council runs from July 18, 2022 through August 12, 2022. The City publishes the Guide to Nomination and Candidacy, which provides details about the nomination and candidacy process which prospective candidates should find useful.
Residents wishing to become write-in candidates can obtain nomination paperwork from the City Clerk’s Office between September 12, 2022 and October 25, 2022.