Democrats back three incumbent members of Youngstown City Council

YOUNGSTOWN

The three incumbent members of Youngstown City Council were unanimously endorsed by members of the Mahoning County Democratic Party’s central and executive committees in their respective wards.

In three of the other four wards, the races weren’t close while confusion and a lot of candidates in the 5th Ward resulted in seven ballots before a winner was declared.

Wednesday’s meeting was to vote on supporting candidates for the seven seats on Youngstown City Council.

The winners were:

1st Ward: Mike Write

2nd Ward: T.J. Rodgers

3rd Ward: Nate Pinkard

4th Ward: Mike Ray

5th Ward: Lauren McNally

6th Ward: Anita Davis

7th Ward: John Vivo

Rodgers, Ray and Pinkard are incumbents seeking their second four-year term on city council. Council members in the four other wards couldn’t run this year for re-election because of the city’s term-limits law.