Susie Hidalgo-Fahring is positioned to be the next mayor of Longmont, according to the latest polls in a four-way race for Longmont’s mayor’s seat.

Should she go on to be the next mayor, there would be a special election process for Hidalgo-Fahring’s current Ward 3 seat, which she would step out of once she assumes the position of mayor in December.

City spokesman Rogelio Mares confirmed on Wednesday that the City Council will hold a special election process to fill her Ward 3 seat, but the timing for that will not be determined until December, when the City Council will take a vote on the date for the special election.

In years past, Longmont has held special elections in the spring following their December vote. When Longmont’s current mayor, Joan Peck, stepped out of her at-large sea

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