Exciting races to watch across the region
Had your fill of Hamilton’s hot mayoral race?
Things are nearly just as spicy in neighbouring Burlington, where two incumbent councillors — Lisa Kearns and Rory Nisan — are challenging the incumbent mayor, Marianne Meed Ward.
With three of six sitting councillors not running for re-election, that city is sure to see new faces in the council chamber.
There are at least three new Hamilton city councillors heading to city hall, as wards 8, 10 and 13 are without incumbents.
In Ward 8, residents will get their third councillor in just over a year, as Rob Cooper is running for mayor instead of the council seat. In Ward 10, 11 candidates vying to replace Jeff Beattie, who ran and won a recent provincial byelection, becoming an MPP. And, in Ward 13, four candidates are facing off to replace Alex Wilson, who opted not to run again.
Brantford is guaranteed to get a new mayor, with incumbent Kevin Davis not running again. There are seven candidates in that race, including three city councillors, a business owner and a wrestler.
The mayor of Norfolk County, Amy Martin, also chose not to run again. There, seven candidates are running for mayor.
And, in Haldimand County, three challengers are trying to beat the incumbent mayor, Shelley Ann Bentley.
