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Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll announces her bid for re-election: "We have a proud past and an even brighter future. And we're just getting started." (Dave Copeland/Patch)
SALEM, MA — Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll touted the strength and resiliency the city exhibited showed throughout the coronavirus health crisis, and her desire to build off lessons learned and challenges met amid the adversity of the pandemic, as she announced Tuesday she is running for re-election for a fifth term.
"Our resilience and hard work have served as a model for the rest of Massachusetts," she said in the announcement released on her Facebook and Twitter pages. "We know that this pandemic has laid bare the deeper, system challenges we must and can take on together — racism, inequity, affordable housing and economic security for all.