In 2019, the council voted to sell bonds to pay for the new city hall and Duvall Field project. Kennedy supported selling the bonds, but was absent at the meeting, while Kabir and Mitchell voted against it.
The special election comes after the March resignation and arrest of former mayor Patrick Wojahn. It will take place May 6 in the College Park City Hall.
Robert Croslin, Danny Schaible and Vish Bhatt will be running in the June 7 election, which was scheduled after former Mayor Kevin Ward's death in January.