YOUNGSTOWN Christopher N. Travers is withdrawing as a candidate for Youngstown council president and throwing his support behind Thomas Hetrick.
Travers said Wednesday that he’ll contact the Mahoning County Board of Elections today about no longer being a candidate for the job.
What’s unique about the race is all of the council president candidates in the Democratic primary are running as write-ins after incumbent DeMaine Kitchen had to withdraw when the board of elections informed him he didn’t have enough valid signatures to get his name on the ballot.
Kitchen was the only person to submit nominating petitions for the position.