First of a three-part series.
Here are the candidates who have filed to run for Windsor Mayor and City Council in Monday's municipal election.
Eleven people are running for mayor, and 43 are running for a seat on City Council.
Windsor Mayor
Three-time incumbent Drew Dilkens has asked voters for a fourth and final term.
Ward 1 City Councillor Fred Francis has filed to challenge Dilkens.
The other nine candidates for mayor are Benjamin Danyluk, Aaron Day, Dylon Graves, Tara Grayer, Nick Kolasky, Tristan Ty Morencie, Kat Pasquach, Patrick Sutherland, and Louis Vautopic.
Windsor City Council
There will be four new faces on City Council. In addition to Ward 1, Mark McKenzie in Ward 4, Ed Sleiman in Ward 5, and Jo-Anne Gignac in Ward 6 are not running for another term.
In Ward 1, there are seven candidates to succeed Fred Francis. They are Henry De Cordova, Geoffrey D. Guttmann, Shezi Jafri, Brenda Juarez, Frank Providenti, public school board trustee Linda Qin, and Darcie Renaud.
Ward 2 has four candidates, including incumbent Frazier Fathers, who was elected last fall when Fabio Costante resigned to become executive director of the Windsor Essex Housing Corporation. Also running in that ward are Anthony Jabbar, Nick Markham, and Cynthia Van Vrouwerff.
Renaldo Agostino, the incumbent in Ward 3, plans to run for re-election. He has three challengers, Rabia Kirma, Randal Saccucci, and Spiro S. Spiliadis.
Former Ward 4 City Councillor Chris Holt wants to reclaim the seat he vacated four years ago to run for mayor. He's running against Mike Burton, Catherine Gariepy-Schulze, Xsander Moisenko, and Rasha Zaid.
Five people are running to succeed Ed Sleiman in Ward 5. They are Ken Acton, Farah Ahmed, Alessandro Didone, Natasha Elizabeth Feghali, and Shane Potvin.
In Ward 6, Nick Jirgens, Denis Marier, Hiral Munim, Wendi Nicholson, Jeremy Renaud, Khassan Saka, and Owen Smith have filed their papers to run for the seat opened by the retiring Jo-Anne Gignac.
There are three candidates in Ward 7. They are incumbent Angelo Marignani, along with Beth Ann Prince, and Victoria Soluade.
Gary Kaschak, the current Ward 8 councillor, plans to run again. He'll run against Kevin Racine.
Kieran McKenzie has filed for a third term in Ward 9, and is being challenged by Soham Patel.
In Ward 10, Jim Morrison will campaign for his seat again against Wally Chafchak, Adam Ibrahim, and Mark Masanovich.
WindsorNewsToday.ca will provide the results for these races and all others in Windsor-Essex online after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Monday. Listen for election updates on-air on MIX 96.7, Big County 95.9, and Cool FM 100.7.
