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Updated 4/2/2021 8:00 AM Most candidates vying for a contested seat on the Aurora City Council say they're encouraged by economic development taking place in the state's second-largest city, though they have varying ideas for how and where to prioritize growth moving forward. Voters have a choice for alderman in three wards, as well as for the at-large seat, in the April 6 election.   In the 4th Ward, incumbent William Donnell is facing John Bell. Ward 7 is a race between incumbent Scheketa Hart-Burns and challenger Saul Fultz. Newcomers Shweta Baid and Arjun Nair are vying to represent the ...

Forums for candidates for mayor and City Council in Aurora in the April 6 election will begin this week.

Updated 1/26/2021 1:55 PM The race for Aurora alderman-at-large is now a three-person competition, as the Aurora Electoral Board removed candidate Joseph Grisson III from the ballot Tuesday morning. The board ruled Grisson did not have enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions, after removing the signatures of people who were not registered to vote at the address they listed on the petition.   Grisson's attorney, Bonnie Kunkel, had argued at previous hearings the signatures should be counted as valid, because the people still lived in Aurora, albeit elsewhere, and Grisson is seekin...

Aurora alderman candidate gets to stay on ballot   Updated 1/11/2021 6:05 PM The Aurora Electoral Board refused Monday to remove one of the candidates for the alderman-at-large position from the April 6 ballot. The board decided, 3-0, that two objectors to Ron Woerman's candidacy did not provide sufficient evidence to prove Woerman did not meet the city's residency requirement.   Fellow candidate Raymond Hull, and resident Roy Runaner, had alleged Woerman does not live in the city, and will not have lived in Aurora for the required one year, should he be elected in April. Woerman ...

Aurora alderman candidate seeks to have 2 others bounced from ballot   Updated 1/7/2021 7:47 PM A candidate for the Aurora alderman-at-large position is trying to get two opposing candidates removed from the ballot, including one he alleges doesn't live in the city. Raymond Hull, who is running for the seat, and resident Roy Rumaner say candidate Ron Woerman doesn't meet a requirement that he live in the city at least one year before being elected. The election is April 6.   At an electoral board hearing Tuesday, Woerman testified that on Feb. 1, 2020, he leased a one-bedroom apar...