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Democrat and former State College Area School Board Vice President Jim Leous announced Wednesday he intends to run for mayor.
He is now the second Democratic candidate to enter the race, joining AccuWeather’s director of business development,
Ezra Nanes, who formerly ran for a state senate seat.
“Local government needs to provide the bridge to economic recovery for all of us, and help rebuild a sense of cooperation and well-being,” Leous said. “I believe I can be part of the solution. That’s why I’m running for Mayor.”
Leous said the borough faces a number of looming problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic, its accompanying economic impacts, and the “fraying” of local communities.
Current State College Area School Board member Jim Leous is running for mayor of State College, he announced on Wednesday.
Leous said in a statement the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, as well as “the fraying of our community” and a “divided country,” require local solutions.
“We don’t fix this on a national level. The only way we fix this is in our local communities, person to person and neighbor to neighbor,” he said. “Local government needs to provide the bridge to economic recovery for all of us, and help rebuild a sense of cooperation and well-being. I believe I can be part of the solution. That’s why I’m running for mayor.”