Council member Lori Latham, who held an at-large council seat, was selected to fill the 1st District seat vacated by William Godwin after he left the office to pursue a White House fellowship. Latham was the only candidate who filed to run for the seat, which would have been hers in any case in a matter of months.
A Democratic party caucus held on Saturday chose the successor of Gary’s former Common Council president who resigned last month, but the council won’t be gaining any new faces as a result.
. Latham was the only candidate who filed to run for the seat, which would have been hers in any case in a matter of months.In the city’s Democratic primary elections held in May, Godwin ran for an at-large seat, citing a desire to focus on citywide issues, while Latham ran to represent the 1st District. The two would have swapped seats had both prevailed, but Godwin’s primary bid proved unsuccessful.
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