Three candidates are vying for Albany’s 7th Ward Common Council seat. Cathy Fahey has represented the 7th Ward since 2006. She is one of five senior Albany Common Council members not running for another term this year. Three candidates have emerged: Violetta De Rosa describes herself as a progressive Democrat who has always been "marching for change" and has lived in Albany for 15 years. "I am the daughter of Italian immigrants, post-World War II immigrants, and I came from, emigrated from Canada, with my Australian husband. So we were living in Vancouver, we met in Vancouver, where we then immigrated to the United States, we lived in Texas, and then California. And then we wanted to be closer to my family, but still stateside. So that was 16 years ago, and we've been in Albany, in the same home for the last since that time, and we took the oath in '09."