Candidates Vie for City Council

By Sumathi Reddy and John Fritze
Sun reporters
Their meetings can drag on long into the night, they have virtually no power and every four years they must subject themselves to the voters' whims. Still, more than 60 Baltimore residents have tossed themselves into races for coveted seats on the City Council.Though their backgrounds and platforms vary widely, many named crime, especially the city's soaring homicide count, as a chief reason why they are entering the race for one of 14 seats - meaning that the issue is defining down-ballot contests, as well as the mayor's race.
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