The November election in Saco will include a three-way race for mayor and contested races for six of the city’s seven council seats.
City Clerk Michele Hughes on Tuesday evening released the list of candidates who have qualified for the Nov. 3 ballot. Voters will elect a mayor, city councilors and school board members.
Don Pilon, a former state representative who is finishing his first term as mayor, will run against former Mayor Roland “Ron” Michaud and Bette Brunswick, a former city councilor who stepped down earlier this year during her first term after moving out of the ward she was elected to represent. Michaud served seven terms on the city council from 1993 to 2007 and was mayor from 2007 to 2011.
Ward 1 Councilor David Precourt is the only sitting city councilor who will run unopposed.
In Ward 2, Leslie Smith Jr. will run against Roger Gay, who unsuccessfully sought the same seat in 2013. Smith is the city’s longest serving city councilor and was first elected in 1989. He has served a total of 12 terms.
Tomas Roughan, who was appointed to the council in July after Brunswick moved out of Ward 3, will run for a two-year term against William Doyle.
In Ward 4, incumbent Kevin Roche will run against Michael Burman. Eleven-term Councilor Arthur Tardif of Ward 5 will face a challenge from political newcomer Alan Minthorn. Tardif was first elected to the council in 1993.
Eric Cote, who has represented Ward 6 since 1999, will face off against newcomer Bryan Courtois. Cote served one term on the council in the late 1970s, two terms as mayor from 1981-85 and eight council terms since 1999.
Ward 7 Councilor Nathan Johnston, who was first elected in 2013, will run against Richard LaRue, who has not previously run for elected office in Saco.
School board members Edna Ben-Ami, Kevin Lafortune, Michel O’Hayon and Elizabeth Johnston will run unopposed. In Ward 6, incumbent Stanley Mozden will run against Theodore Sirois. Current board members Cynthia Chadwick-Granger and Dan Cabral are not running for reelection. Their seats, in Wards 1 and 2, will be filled by write-in candidates, Hughes said.
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