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Bend’s Mayoral Race Heats Up | Bend News
Bend’s mayoral and city council races are heating up with just weeks until Election Day — and the field is already shaping up. Incumbent Mayor Melanie Kebler faces two challengers, Ron Boozell (a past candidate with a controversial forum incident) and Bernadette Strome, while two council seats are uncontested: Ariel Méndez (a political science professor pushing for safer school routes) and Elana Reinholtz (focused on affordability and small business support). Meanwhile, Nic Tarter’s bid fizzled without enough signatures, and others dropped out — including Dan Sorrells, who urged candidates to…
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