Four Cape Coral city council races to be decided
Cape Coral voters will fill four city council seats this fall, including the mayor’s office.
A primary election, for two of those seats, is Sept. 15 with the general election to be held Nov. 3.
In the primary, registered Cape Coral voters will cast ballots in races for mayor and District 6. The top two vote-getters in each race then will advance to the general election ballot where the races for districts 1 and 4 also will appear.
Candidates are:
Mayor’s Race: (Primary)*
n James Burch, the incumbent
n Roger Butler
n Stephen Lovejoy
n Robert Pizzolongo
n John Sullivan
District 6 (Primary)*
n Frank Antos Jr.
n John Cataldi Jr.
n Kevin McGrail
* Top two vote-getters advance
District 1 (General Election)
n Jim Martin
n “Kenneth” Marty McClain
District 4
n Dolores Bertolini, the incumbent
n Chris N. Chulakes-Leetz
Registered voters can cast a ballot in each race; city elections are non-partisan and citywide, meaning all voters living in Cape Coral can vote regardless of party affiliation or the District in which they live.
Early voting for the Sept. 15 Cape Coral city council primary begins today and continues Tuesday, Sept. 8 though Saturday, Sept. 12, at two locations, The Lee County Elections Main Office at 2480 Thompson St. in Fort Myers and the Cape Coral Branch Office at 1031 S.E. 9th Place, Suite 3.
The offices will be open from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. On election day, Sept. 15, polls throughout the city will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Early voting for the general election will be held Monday, Oct. 26 though Saturday, Oct. 31, at the two offices.
The offices will be open from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
On election day, Nov. 3, polls throughout the city will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For those who prefer, an absentee ballot can be obtained by contacting the Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office
Inside this section, City of Cape Coral Elections 2009, readers will find candidate bios and answers to a series of issue-related questions. Information was provided by the candidates. Some copy was trimmed for space, some minor typos corrected but is otherwise is printed largely as submitted.
This information, along with The Breeze candidate “question of the week” and other election-related stories may be found on-line at cape-coral-daily-breeze.com under “elections” at the top of the column at the right side of the page.