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Three City Council races with nine candidates to go before St. Pete voters

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Qualifying officially ended for St. Pete city offices up for election this year at 5 p.m. Monday. The deadline ushered in one unopposed win and another 11th-hour candidate. Ed Montanari will replace outgoing council member Bill Dudley in January after no other candidate surfaced to challenge him in his District 3 bid to represent residents in parts of Northeast St. Pete. The news of Montanari’s easy win doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to those following the race.…

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Tampa Bay Times shortsighted in making Steve Kornell’s re-election bid a one-issue race

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Disappointment. Obstructionist. Those are just two of the names the Tampa Bay Times has used to describe St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell because he continues to reject a proposed agreement between the city and the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the team to look outside St. Pete for possible new stadium sites within the region. The Tampa Bay Times has repeatedly called for Kornell’s ousting over this sole issue. The Times’ editorial board became one step closer to…

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Steve Kornell draws 11th-hour challenger for City Council

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St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell has drawn a challenger in the race for his District 5 seat. Former state House candidate Phillip Garrett began filing campaign documents with the City Clerk last week. He finished the paperwork Monday morning. City Clerk Chandrahasa Srinivasa confirmed Garrett had completed the process. The qualifying period for City Council candidates is today. Had no one filed to run against Kornell he would have won re-election. Garrett formerly ran unsuccessfully against state Rep. Darryl Rouson…

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