Voter guide 2023: Kent’s Ward 4 race involves a longtime incumbent against a new challenger

Dix Stadium and much of Kent State campus are in the city’s fourth ward. Photo by Gary McLaughlin

Voter guide 2023: Kent’s Ward 4 race involves a longtime incumbent against a new challenger

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Incumbent John Kuhar entered Kent City Council as an at-large representative in 2006 and has served as Ward 4 council member since 2008. His goal then remains what it is now, he said: to solve problems rather than complain about them.

Kuhar’s vision would be to continue council’s work to create a productive city people want to call home. Since Ward 4 is saturated with college dormitories and apartment complexes, he said he would like to see high-end jobs created elsewhere in the city. Medical and research facilities top his list, along with design engineering firms.

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