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Election 2019
In 2019, the word in elections is local. Akron residents have the chance this year to choose their next mayor and council. There are county-wide ballot questions for all Summit County residents and local races throughout Northeast Ohio. You can get more information here on some of the key races and find out who and what is on the ballot where you live from the League of Women Voters online guide.

Akron City Council Ward 1 Candidates

Ideastream Public Media | By Sarah Taylor
Published October 23, 2019 at 1:11 PM EDT

Richard Swirsky is currently the Ward 1 representative on Akron City Council. A Republican candidate, Brenda Rongone Costarella, had filed to run against him, but the Summit County Board of Elections indicates she has withdrawn from the race.
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Sarah Taylor
A Northeast Ohio native, Sarah Taylor graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she worked at her first NPR station, WMUB. She began her professional career at WCKY-AM in Cincinnati and spent two decades in television news, the bulk of them at WKBN in Youngstown (as Sarah Eisler). For the past three years, Sarah has taught a variety of courses in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State, where she is also pursuing a Master’s degree. Sarah and her husband Scott, have two children. They live in Tallmadge.
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