Thursday, 03 June 2021 13:39

The Town and The City: Candidates Step Forward for Political Races

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Skidmore business professor Minita Sanghvi this week officially announced her candidacy for the position of Saratoga Springs’ Commissioner of Finance on the Democrat line. The seat is one of five council positions and two supervisor seats up for election in November in the city of Saratoga Springs. 

Sanghvi is a tenured business professor at Skidmore and has made Saratoga Springs home for her and her family since 2014. She currently sits on the Saratoga Springs Public Library board of trustees as its Finance Officer. She served on the city’s Charter Review Commissioner and is a founding member of the Saratoga Springs Human Rights Task Force.

She holds an accounting degree as well as an MBA and PhD and has worked for Leo Burnett, one of the world’s largest ad agencies, CARQUEST and Wal-Mart.

Among Sanghvi’s other initiatives for the Finance Office are: Creating new tourism opportunities and boosting the arts community to create a more vibrant downtown; Encouraging the establishment of women and minority-owned businesses in the city; Supporting diverse voices in Saratoga Springs. 

Also this week: the Town of Milton Democratic Committee announced they have nominated and endorsed candidates for the fall 2021 town elections.  The Democratic nominating caucus was held on May 27 in the Village of Ballston Spa. Incumbent Supervisor Benny Zlotnick and Council-hopeful Meg Stevens were nominated to appear on the Democratic line in the electoral contest.

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