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FILING DEADLINE: Monday is the filing deadline for candidates who want to run as independents in partisan races on the Nov. 6 general election.
In Youngstown, Robert C. Korchnak is trying his luck again at running for city office. In 2005, he ran for mayor as the Republican nominee, received 1.3 percent of the vote -- a bit more than 200 votes -- and finished fourth in a six-person race. Korchnak filed to run for the 7th Ward council seat.
Frank Bellamy has already filed to run as an independent for the 1st Ward council seat.
Bellamy was convicted in 2000 on a misdemeanor count of menacing for leaving an inappropriate message on the answering machine of outgoing Councilman Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st. Gillam's wife, Annie, is running in Tuesday's Democratic primary to succeed her husband.
skolnick@vindy.com