Democrat Ron Kim announces bid for Saratoga Springs mayor | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Former city public safety commissioner Ron Kim on Wednesday announced his Democratic candidacy for mayor of Saratoga Springs on Wednesday, saying he wants to bring unity to the city in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing it to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which he said first got him interested in public service.
“I am running for mayor of Saratoga Springs to return us to that unity and singularity of purpose,” Kim said during at announcement in High Rock Park. “Because just like in 2001, we have gone through difficult times. We have lost good friends. We have seen suffering. We have seen injustice. As a community, we will only recover if we come together.”
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The race for mayor of Saratoga Springs is shaping up. Well-known city business owner Heidi Owen West will appear on the Republican line in the race to replace outgoing Democrat Meg Kelly.
Owner of three downtown retail clothing stores, Heidi Owen West said she was motivated to run for office by the onset of the COVID pandemic and its devastating effect on small businesses.
“It was very difficult to watch my city suffer, to watch my city suffer, to watch my fellow business owners suffer, to literally sit there and watch everything my family has worked for, for the last 30 years, slip away,” said Owen West.
The race for Saratoga Springs mayor is taking shape.
Former Democratic Public Safety Commissioner Ron Kim is set to kick off his campaign for mayor Wednesday morning in High Rock Park. The lawyer also ran for Congress in the 21st district in the 2018 campaign.
“Cities have to work together across party lines, and we also have to work in a budget,” he said at the time.
GOP candidate and city business owner Heidi Owen West launched her campaign for mayor in mid-March.
They are hoping to succeed Democratic Mayor Meg Kelly, who is not seeking a third two-year term. Former Kelly aide David Snyder suspended his campaign in March.
Democrat Ron Kim to run for Saratoga Springs mayor
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Former Saratoga Springs Public Safety Commissioner Ron Kim, left, with commissioner-elect Richard Wirth in background, talks about fire safety in 2009. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D Annibale
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Ron Kim, the city’s former public safety commissioner, will announce on Wednesday that he will run for mayor.
Kim, who has been endorsed by the city s Democratic Committee, will make a formal announcement at 11 a.m. at the city s 9/11 Memorial at High Rock Park.
On Tuesday, the attorney who served the city from 2006 to 2010, said he has several priorities if elected. His number one would be building the eastside fire and EMS station on Henning Road.
Saratoga Springs GOP picks several women for city election slate | The Daily Gazette
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Heidi Owen West, mayoral candidate in Saratoga Springs.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS The Saratoga Springs Republican Committee has endorsed local business owner Heidi Owen West as its candidate for mayor as part of a ticket that includes several women who will run for elected citywide office.
The candidates include West for mayor, Tracey LaBelle for public safety commissioner, JoAnne Kiernan for finance commissioner, and Samantha Guerra for accounts commissioner. Public Works Commissioner Anthony “Skip” Scirocco was endorsed for re-election as a Saratoga Springs representative on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, along with John Safford, who will run for the supervisor seat now held by Democrat Tara Gaston.