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Ward 1 Election Set for March 3 Three Democrats run to replace Seth Yurdin By Steve Triedman Providence City Hall
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East Side Monthly • March 2020
The primary in Ward 1 to replace Councilman Seth Yurdin, who resigned last month midway through his term, will be held on March 3. But since only three candidates, all Democrats, have declared, for all intents and purposes, it is The Election. Despite just a few weeks to campaign and a low voter turnout expected, given the myriad of issues facing both the Ward and the City as a whole, the stakes are high. Complicating matters, population shifts and new boundaries now divide the Ward into three distinctly different parts with uniquely different residents, issues, concerns, and constituencies. A third of the Ward is the Fox Point area – South of Angell to the Bay, the
Jewelry District, and most of Downtown. For generations, Ward 1 was made up of mostly hardworking immigrants, and the Councilman and Ward Committee played a significant role in the leadership of City government. Streets were always plowed first, curb-to-curb, as many of the workers’ mothers and families lived in the Ward! Then in 2003, a young Brown Graduate David Segal, representing the Green Party, used Brown undergraduates’ votes to snatch the seat, but in so doing, ending the Ward’s influence. The good news is all of the candidates are active in the local neighborhood or business associations and have also been working together to form the Providence
