SPRINGFIELD — Voters selected Lavar Click-Bruce to fill the vacant Ward 5 seat in a special election in 2022 and returned him to the position in 2023. He is now hoping they will support his reelection bid against newcomer Edward Nunez.

Click-Bruce, who also serves as a basketball coach, worked in the past as an aide to Mayor Domenic J. Sarno. He is chairman of the Council’s Public Safety Committee and has done a lot of work to make parks, schools and neighborhoods safer.

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: Lavar Click-Bruce

Age: 47

Address: 13 Annie’s Way

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