This is a special episode, part of our 2025 election coverage. You can find more interviews, election coverage, and voter info here.
This year, there are three open seats on council — and we have eight candidates, including six challengers and two incumbents. We also have three candidates for mayor, including our incumbent mayor.
While the city council race is technically non-partisan, the local Democratic and Republican parties do play a role in supporting candidates. For city council, we have four Republican candidates (including one who was initially filed as an unaffiliated candidate) and four Democratic candidates — although the county Democratic Party implemented a straw poll to narrow its support to three of those candidates — and one of the two Democrats running for mayor.
On today’s show, we’re interviewing Republican challenger Kelly Roberts, a U.S. Navy veteran now working in cybersecurity, who is running for a seat on Wilmington's city council.
