FREEPORT — Freeport’s Ward A will be a three-man battle between incumbent Jeff Peña and newcomers David McGinty and Jack Bullman.
The winner will work with whoever comes out victorious in the Ward C election between incumbent Mario Muraira and challenger George Matamoros, as well as Councilman Jerry Cain, newly elected Councilman Winston Rossow and Mayor Brooks Bass in what he’s said will be his final year in office.
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