Two more express interest for Mahoning County Dem chair post

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown City Council President Charles Sammarone and ex-New Middletown Mayor Mike Klim are interested in being the next Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman.

County Democratic precinct committee members will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 27 to elect a chairman.

Sammarone served six years as Youngstown’s 5th Ward councilman immediately followed by 12 years as council president, a position he left in 2002 to serve as water commissioner under then-Mayor George M. McKelvey.

Sammarone was then elected council president in 2005 and is running for re-election this year.

Currently a financial consultant, Klim is a former mayor and council member of New Middletown.

Klim is vice president of the South County Democrats, a local political club, and is the group’s past president.

County Treasurer Lisa Antonini resigned April 10 as party chairwoman after nearly seven years at that post.

Those wanting to run for chairman — as well as the vacant position of party treasurer — have until 6 p.m. Tuesday to submit a letter of intent, dated and signed, to acting chairman Kenneth Carano.

Jaladah Aslam, the party’s vice chairwoman of labor relations, and Atty. David Betras already declared their candidacy for the post.

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