A new challenger has declared a run for a City Council seat in Robert Eckstut, a Lesley-educated life coach, and three more council incumbents: councillors Patty Nolan and Dennis Carlone, and Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui.
Paul Toner announced Tuesday that he is seeking a City Council seat, following up a run in 2017 when he was the final challenger eliminated in 19 rounds of ranked ballot counts.
The first City Council challenger new to the political scene has declared officially for the Nov. 2 municipal elections: data scientist Dana Bullister.
Three city councillors announced their intentions to run for reelection this week: first-termer Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler on Wednesday, vice mayor Alanna Mallon on Thursday and Quinton Zondervan on Friday.
The upcoming City Council elections got their second announced challenger Tuesday in Nicola Williams, and the second coming from Cambridge’s small-business community.