Two of the candidates are emphasizing their focus on reducing crime as the city's first new mayor in eight years.
The hotly contested race includes a longtime public servant, a local businessman with a familiar last name and a woman looking to break barriers.The hotly contested race includes a longtime public servant, a local businessman with a familiar last name and a woman looking to break barriers.
"We used to having 200 to 250 people on the hiring list. The latest list we have for our police department is down to 17," White said. "We've had several lateral transfers that have come in from Chicago -- something really traditionally haven't done but in the last few years, we've been able to do that."
"That street experience of knowing what our police officers are going through is a huge distinction between me and the other candidates," Wehrli said. "There was a riot two and a half years ago, and some of these folks talk about that riot like it happens two weeks ago," he said of community members he's spoken with.
Tiffany Stephens said her candidacy got off to a late start after challenges to stay on the ballot, but public safety, affordable housing, mental health and economic stability are her platform.
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