HUBBARD — Julie Lengyel, who won an eligibility challenge as a candidate for Hubbard City Council president, is no longer in the race.

Lengyel withdrew as a candidate for the position.

In a letter to the Trumbull County Board of Elections, Lengyel wrote: “I have decided that I would like to pull my name from the ballot running for president of council for the city of Hubbard. I have (too) many personal things going on right now.”

Asked Monday to elaborate, Lengyel, who was running as an independent, said she quit the race for “personal reasons.”

With Lengyel out of the race, the only candidate on the ballot for Hubbard council president is Democrat Michael Mogg, the current 3rd Ward councilman.

Early voting starts today. The election is Nov. 4.

Lengyel’s eligibility was challenged by

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