Politics & Government

Who's Running For Princeton Council In 2017?

The filing deadline for the June Primaries was Monday afternoon. Who filed their petitions in time?

PRINCETON, NJ — It appears as if Leticia Fraga and David Cohen will be the newest members of Princeton Council come November.

Fraga and Cohen were the only two people to file petitions to run in the June 6 Democratic Primary by the 4 p.m. filing deadline Monday afternoon. No Republicans filed to run.

June 6 is also the deadline for independent candidates to file to run in the Nov. 7 general elections.

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Seats currently occupied by Bernard “Bernie” Miller and Jo Butler will be contested this November, and neither council member chose to run for re-election.

It is the second year in a row in which no Republicans will run for council.

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