Spring Valley mayor’s race to feature multiple candidates
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- May
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Elections in Spring Valley have tended to feature multiple candidates. This year’s mayoral election will hold to that tradition.
Already, three people have come forward to say they’ll seek top post, while the sitting Mayor George Darden has said he’s not sure he’ll run again.
Currently in the race for mayor are Deputy Mayor Noramie Jasmin — a staunch Darden ally; former village mayor Allan Thompson, a Republican; and Village Board Trustee Demeza Delhomme.
Jasmin, Delhomme and Darden are Democrats.
The three declared candidates — Jasmin, Delhomme and Thompson — have declined to discuss their running mates for the moment.
It was strongly rumored that the Rev. Jacques Michel, a Democratic county Legislator from Spring Valley, would also seek the post.
Michel dismissed the rumors on Monday, calling them pure “speculation.” He said he would not run and had not considered seeking the post.
Yitzchock Ullman, who was among the six Democratic primary candidates for the mayor’s post in 2005, said Monday that he wasn’t sure whether he would run. (The other candidates in the 2005 Democratic mayoral primary election were Darden, Delhomme, Thompson, then-Village Trustee Bettie Brown and Vilair Fonvil.)
Ullman, who was appointed to the Ramapo Town Council in 2008, said his focus at the moment was on the Town Board.
But, speaking of a possible Spring Valley mayoral run, Ullman said: “I’m not saying no; I’m not saying yes.”
Darden, a two-term mayor, is expected to say in a few weeks whether or not he will seek re-election.
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on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at 4:26 pm by Suzan Clarke. 
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