“It is going to take someone with a deep understanding of this community to help restore its vibrancy after the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said on Facebook.
Lehner, 70, will be running against Kyle Boze, 30, a former Fairmont girls basketball coach.
Both pulled petitions earlier for the November election to replace term-limited Mayor Don Patterson. Petitions for Boze have been filed, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections. The deadline to file petitions is Aug. 19, records show.
Lehner was a Kettering City Councilwoman from 1998-2008 before being elected to the Ohio General Assembly, where she served 12 years.
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Boze, who announced his candidacy earlier this year, had a business career before becoming an educator five years ago, according to his campaign.
Since then, he has started the Fairmont Leadership Academy and was the recipient of the 2018-2019 Kettering Outstanding Teacher Award, his campaign said.
Boze has said campaign will be centered on four focuses: development; fiscal responsibility; community engagement; and government accountability.
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