Covington Mayor Sherry Carran has announced plans to seek a second term.
The Covington mayor’s race requires a primary if more than two candidates seek the office and the filing deadline is Jan. 26. If a primary election is necessary, it will take place May 17.
Carran announced her intentions and the reasons she is seeking another term in the following release:
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Carran said her decision to run for re-election is based on two factors:
First, she wants to continue the trend to more meaningful civic engagement that has been building momentum in Covington in recent years.
“City governments don’t succeed on their own – positive involvement from neighborhood groups and good people is absolutely essential,” Carran says.
“People want to have a hand in improving their communities. The more they’re involved, the more ownership, pride and sense of place results. Covington is doubly fortunate to have both ever-growing civic engagement and a top-notch city staff. The combination is a powerful one.”
Second, Carran doesn’t see anyone else stepping forward at this critical juncture in Covington’s history that she believes can keep the city moving forward. “We’ve come too far to start going backward,” she says.
Carran is a servant leader, not a politician. In six years as a Covington City Commissioner and three as mayor, she has built a reputation for getting involved in ways that transcend self-promotion. She shows up with work gloves on at Keep Covington Beautiful cleanups and tree plantings along neighborhood streets. She helps lay out concrete pads for Red Bike, works beer booths at MainStrasse events to raise funds for Make Goebel Great and much more.
She also has a reputation for making hard decisions that are in Covington’s best interests. In particular, she has been outspoken about the need to meet the legal and financial obligations called out in the newly adopted Fiscal Stability Ordinance.
Carran championed the need to restructure the city’s Code Enforcement Department along with new enforcement tools, which is making headway in tackling blighted and vacant properties. As city commissioner, she brought attention to the city’s infrastructure and building partnerships to make needed improvements a reality. In her first term as mayor, the Community Investment Plan was launched to implement more than $30 million in infrastructure improvements over the next five years.
Carran believes Covington is at long last realizing the value of its many strengths. Its 19 neighborhoods allow civic engagement to occur almost organically. It has good bones with beautiful historic structures. And its wonderful setting on the Ohio and Licking Rivers across from Cincinnati give it all the amenities of a major metropolitan area but with a more relaxed way of life.
“We have a wonderful quirkiness and quaintness, a sort of bohemian feel that’s comfortable and welcoming,” Carran says.
“Covington has a special character, one that needs to be encouraged and supported. We’re building on our own one-of-a-kind qualities that make this a great place to work, visit and live. You don’t have to spend much time in Covington to know we have something really special.”
Sherry Carran
