SPRINGFIELD — Timothy Allen has served as Ward 7 city councilor since 2009 and is being challenged by Gerry Martin, who unsuccessfully ran for an at-large seat on the City Council seat two years ago.

Allen has been the go-to person on the council for budgeting issues, having served as chairman of its finance committee for a number of years. He said he loves the people in the ward and wants to continue representing them.

Ahead of Tuesday, The Republican reached out to all candidates for the opposed City Council seats to answer a short questionnaire.

Find more candidates and responses in the past week’s print editions or online at masslive.com/topic/election .

Name: Timothy Allen

Age: 73

Address: 141 Newton Road

Profession: City councilor; adjunct professor of business at Spring

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