Kettering mayor’s race will be unopposed in November election

The Kettering mayor’s race will be unopposed this fall as former state Sen. Peggy Lehner is the only certified candidate on the ballot, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections. FILE

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The Kettering mayor’s race will be unopposed this fall as former state Sen. Peggy Lehner is the only certified candidate on the ballot, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections. FILE
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Aug 27, 2021
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The election for Kettering mayor this fall will only have one candidate’s name on the ballot, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

Elections Director Jeff Rezabek told the Dayton Daily News that former state Sen. Peggy Lehner’s petition was the only one that remains certified.

Peggy Lehner

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There are no write-in candidates, Rezabek said, to succeed longtime Mayor Don Patterson, who is term limited. Lehner, 70, served on Kettering City Council before being elected to the Ohio Senate.

Fairmont High School teacher Kyle Boze had been certified to run, but last month announced he was dropping out of the race due to a city charter violation involving his petition filing. Two others who pulled petitions for the mayor’s race were Michael L. Barnett and J’Anthonty Williams, elections records show.

But Lehner’s petition was the only one certified, Rezabek said.

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Nick Blizzard is a staff writer for the Dayton Daily News. He is a graduate of Stebbins High School who earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and its E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Nick is a Riverside native who has lived in Huber Heights and Kettering. He has been a journalist in the Dayton area for more than 25 years.