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Cindy Claycomb Announces 'Exploratory Campaign' For Wichita City Council Seat

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Cindy Claycomb announces her exploratory campaign for the District 6 City Council seat Thursday.

The president of the Wichita Park Board has launched an exploratory campaign for a seat on City Council. Cindy Claycomb made the announcement Thursday to a group of supports gathered at a venue in Old Town.

Claycomb, assistant to the president for Strategic Planning at Wichita State University, emphasized her public service with the City of Wichita in her campaign announcement. She says she’s considering running for the District 6 seat currently held by Vice Mayor Janet Miller, who is in her final term on the council.

Claycomb says she wants to spend the next few weeks speaking with constituents to see if her vision for the city matches theirs. The district includes Old Town and parts of north-central Wichita.

“My vision has to do with making sure we have a strong local economy, safe and thriving neighborhoods and a vibrant quality of life," Claycomb said after her speech.

Local activist Brandon Johnson, the executive director of the nonprofit Community Operations Recovery Empowerment, announced his candidacy in 2015 for the District 1 seat currently held by Councilwoman Lavonta Williams. Her final term ends this year.

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Nadya Faulx is KMUW's Digital News Editor and Reporter, which means she splits her time between working on-air and working online, managing news on KMUW.org, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She joined KMUW in 2015 after working for a newspaper in western North Dakota. Before that she was a diversity intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.