At-large

Certainly, most people know you were in the City Council for a long, long time and pretty much are a lifetime resident of this area.

So talk about that and what drove you to now run once again for Bemidji City Council, this time as Councilor-at-Large.

Oh, okay.

Well, yeah, I am a lifelong resident of Bemidji.

So, yeah, it's a bigger job campaigning, but I think the job is not much different, whether you're representing a ward or all five.

Yeah.

The Candidate Spotlight is on Ron Johnson, the challenger for Bemidji City Councilor-at-Large.

We'll have more with Ron next on Chatabout, presented by First National Bank Bemidji.

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The headlines from the front page of the Tuesday, October 20th Journal Gazette are Countywide Fire District Budget OK'd At-Large Candidate Quits FWCS Board Race 19-year-old ID'd as victim in police shooting, and counsel to decide on cuts to budget.

And now here's the first article.

County-wide fire district budget okayed.

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Aloha mai kakou, and welcome to the 2026 Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-Large Trustee Forum, ʻOwau ʻOkuʻuwehi Hiroishi, and I will be your moderator for tonight.

OHA was created in 1978 with the mission of improving the conditions of Native Hawaiians.

This year, five of the nine seats on the OHA Board of Trustees are up for election.

I'm number one on the ballot.

Angel Bocas Jr., Senator-at-Large.

And you're saying that working for that senator actually facilitated your learning curve well after you came in in August or July or August of 2022? Yes.

OK, we're talking with the incumbent senator, candidate number one, Angel Borges.

I don't rest unless it's time for me to just sleep to get back up to get to work again.

So I'm asking for your support and your vote.

I'm number one on the ballot for Senator-at-Large.

And remember, whatever you do in life, be confident.

If we look at Jose Fernandez as Commissioner District 3, his age is 38, his home is Fort Wayne, he's an educator.

His political experience, he ran for Fort Wayne Community Schools Board in 2024 and 2019, Fort Wayne Mayor in 2023, Allen County Council-at-Large in 2022, and State Representative District 50 in 2016, 2018, and 2020.

Paul Moss, age of 63, home Fort Wayne and occupation a former health care executive.

His political experience served as St. Joe Township Advisory Board member and two-term Allen County Councilman-at-Large after 2004 election.