AURORA | In a last-ditch effort to narrow the candidate pool in the Aurora at-large city council race, a handful of local Democrats attempted but failed to persuade an independent running candidate to withdraw from the November contest.

“I’m independent,” Watson Gomes, at-large city council candidate, said. “We might align with a lot of things. I chose to be independent for a reason. Because I don’t like party ideology. I like to engage with people. I like to see different things, but also stay true to my core values and principles, and then defend what’s right and what’s wrong.”

Aurora is holding elections for three city council wards and two at-large seats in November. Two among the five candidates for the at-large seat win the election. There are two Republican incumbents running for

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