COLUMBUS, Ind. — A local bartender and podcaster is trying to enter the Columbus mayoral race.
Sean Burton, a bartender at Ziggie’s and owner of Second String Media LLC, is seeking signatures for his petition to run as an independent in the upcoming November mayoral election.
“I belong to a large demographic of just blue-collar working people that are just trying to make the best life for themselves in Columbus and be happy,” he said. “And I feel like a lot of those people feel disconnected from local government. I feel like they don’t have an avenue to go to when they have things to talk about, and I’d say that’s been verified by the conversations that I’ve had with people throughout this petition process.”
Taylor Seegraves, elections administrator for the Bartholomew County Clerk’s Office, said that Burton will not be an official candidate until he has 259 certified signatures and files his consent paperwork. The signatures are due by noon Friday and the consent paperwork is due by noon on July 17.
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