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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 13, 2022</p>
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<br />573.874.CITY (2489)
<br />Sheela.Amin@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia releases names of candidates for City Council</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The Columbia City Clerk’s Office received nine candidate petitions for the upcoming April 5, 2022, election. Five candidates filed for Mayor (City Council Member At-Large), and two candidates each filed for Ward 3 and Ward 4. <br /><br />The deadline to file was 5 p.m. on Jan. 11. <br /><br />Candidates running for Mayor had to obtain at least 100 signatures from residents and registered voters of the City of Columbia.<br /><br />Below is the list of candidates: <br /><br /><strong>Mayor (Council Member At-Large) candidates</strong><br /><br />Randy Minchew<br />573.881.9080<br />randy@minchewformayor.com<br /><br />David Seamon<br />573.864.9725<br />seamonformayor@gmail.com<br /><br />Barbara Buffaloe<br />573.289.2781<br />buffaloeformayor@gmail.com<br /><br />Tanya Heath<br />573.808.1053<br />heathformayor@gmail.com<br /><br />Maria Oropallo<br />573.639.9696<br />mariao@m
ariaformayor.org<br /><br />Candidates for Ward 3 and Ward 4 had to obtain at least 50 signatures from residents who reside in and are registered voters of that same Ward. <br /><br /><strong>Third Ward Council Member candidates</strong><br /><br />Karl Skala<br />573.474.2195<br />skalak@missouri.edu<br /><br />Roy Lovelady<br />573.268.7917<br />lovelady4council@gmail.com<br /><br /><strong>Fourth Ward Council Member candidates</strong><br /><br />Erica Pefferman<br />573.819.6871<br />ericaforcolumbia@gmail.com<br /><br />Nick Foster<br />417.754.0122<br />fosterforfourth@gmail.com</div>
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