2009 Municipal Election Update: Two More Candidates File For City Council Seats - TWICE UPDATED

Only one remaining council incumbent now stands unopposed

This morning's Standard-Examiner graces us with the names of two more Ogden City citizens who have filed to seek city council seats for the November 3, 2009 Municipal Election:

• More candidates bid for council seats

With Mr. Dean's filing for the Ward 3 seat, only one reaming incumbent council member, Jesse Garcia, of Municipal Ward 1, now stands unopposed.

We googled both Mr. Dean and Mr. Roma; and pretty much came up dry, except for this: According to an anonymous reader comment under a 2oo7 WCF article, Mr. Dean apparently finished far back in the pack during the 2003 Mayoral primary race, garnering 88 votes, out of 3490 votes cast. Whether we can draw any conclusions from this is anybody's guess, although we'll also suggest that this tidbit of info might support a reasonable inference that there still remains room in the Municipal Ward 3 race for a serious challenger who's committed to running a vigorous campaign in that ward.

As for Mr. Roma's candidacy, Mr. Schwebke's morning story reveals that Mr. Roma is an internet technology professional, which leads us to confidently predict that he'll no doubt be coming out with a formidable campaign website soon.

For the convenience of our gentle readers, by the way, we've also set up this 2009 council candidates list, which has now been added to a new 2oo9 Municipal Elections Module in our right sidebar:

• 2009 Ogden Municipal Elections - Pre-Primary Candidate Roster

As we've done in the past two municipal elections, we'll liberally augment this page with links and contact information, as the 2009 election race moves into high gear.

That's it for now, gentle readers.

Who will be the first to comment?

Update 7/13/09 11:37 a.m. MT: Per Bill C., from the lower comments section:

There is a good letter to the editor posted last Thursday on the SE website regarding this topic, Council elections. Matt Campbell points out just how critical these seats are and who gains them will be.

It's been a mite slow around here the last couple of days. Perhaps Bill's new submission will help spark some discussion.

Update 7/14/09 8:14 a.m. MT: This morning's Standard-Examiner reports that a new council challenger filed for Jesse Garcia's Municipal Ward 1 seat on Monday, meaning that as of now, no current council incumbent stands unopposed:

• Candidate files in bid for Ogden city council seat

We've duly added Travis Pate to our Council Candidate Roster, which appears in the "Election Module" in our right sidebar.