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Mayor Tom Roach will not run for a 4th term as Mayor of White Plains.

He announced his plan not to seek another term in an interview aired on Monday on News 12 conducted by Tara Rosenblum.

In the interview he said he would run instead for Westchester County Clerk, position currently occupied by Tim Idoni, and complete the last year of his term this year as Mayor.

This leaves the field for Mayor wide open for members of the Common Council who might want to be Mayor, Richard Payne, Council President Victoria Presser, Jeremiah Frie-Pearson, Justin Brash, and John Martin.

Nadine Hunt-Robinson, a former councilwoman for 14 years who departed her council seat at the end of 2023, choosing not to run for reelection to the council, and declared her candidacy for Mayor last August. She may have company from members of the present Council in a primary.

Councilwoman Jenn Puja has declared her candidacy for Benjamin Boykin’s former District 5 Seat on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. Mr. Boykin was term-limited, his eligibility ending on December 31. In fact if Mr. Boykin, who now is President of The New York Association of Counties, wished, he might run for Mayo