WESTMINSTER : Smith, Fry to Run for Mayor in the Fall
Mayor Charles V. Smith and Councilman Frank Fry Jr. have both announced that they will run for mayor in the November election.
Smith, 57, is a retired aerospace engineering manager and was elected to the City Council in 1984 and 1988. In March, 1988, the council selected him to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Elden Gillespie, who died in office. Seven months later, Smith was elected to a two-year term as mayor.
Fry, 64, a retired supermarket employee, has been elected to the City Council six times since 1966. He was chosen mayor in 1978, when the position was still selected by the council, and served a one-year term. The largely ceremonial position has been elected directly by the voters since 1986.
Potential candidates have until Aug. 10 to file for candidacy.
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