11.   He had supported her for the Council seat.

12.   Miller had been guarded about discussing her candidacy because the city charter states she must resign her council seat once she announces her bid for mayor.

13.   Miller resigned her council seat in November to run for mayor.

14.   On Thursday, the Democrats also nominated Ms. Hottinger to be their candidate for the council seat in the November election.

15.   Only one of the five, Walter Burnett Jr., who served two years in prison for bank robbery, was able to win a council seat.

16.   Running for a different council seat that same year was Jon Barnett, an openly gay council candidate.

17.   Six candidates are vying for tribal chairman, and more than a dozen are running for council seats.

18.   So far about two dozen people have expressed interest in running for Valley council seats or for mayor, but the official filing period does not begin until July.

19.   Ten other council seats are held for two years by countries selected from regional groups.

20.   Symington even called the mayor of Mesa last week to instruct him not to appoint a Democrat to a vacant council seat.