#Ottvote 2018: Council races to watch

And they’re off.
Nominations for mayor, city councillor and school board trustee closed Friday afternoon.
Seeking his third term as mayor post-amalgamation, Jim Watson’s name will appear alongside the names of 11 other men when Ottawa voters head to the polls in October (Watson previously served one term as mayor in pre-amalgamation Ottawa).
Among the challengers is Clive Doucet, the former Capital ward councillor who faced off against Watson in the 2010 mayoral election and placed t