Washington City Councilman Withdraws Petitions

A Washington City Councilman has withdrawn his nominating petitions to be on the ballot in the upcoming May Primary. Joe Manning, whose nominating petitions were challenged this week by Washington resident Georgianna Farkas, for falling short of the required one-hundred signatures, told WJPA News that he withdrew the petitions, but he is not going to withdraw from his efforts to win re-election.  Manning, who is a Democrat, says he plans to file nomination papers to run for re-election in the fall, as an Independent.  Manning has served on council since 2010.