SPRINGFIELD — Brian Santaniello is running for reelection for a second consecutive term for an at-large seat of the Springfield City Council. When elected two years ago, however, Santaniello was not a newcomer since he had previously served on the council for a dozen years.

There are eight candidates running for five available seats. Santaniello is running against incumbents Sean Curran, Jose Delgado, Kateri Walsh, Tracye Whitfield and challengers Nicole Coakley, Justin Hurst and Juan Latorre III.

Ahead of Tuesday, The Republican reached out to all candidates for the opposed City Council and School Committee 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 .

Brian Santaniello

Age: 74

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