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DATE: Sunday, January 21, 1996               TAG: 9601190282
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS      PAGE: 04   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

PITTS TO ANNOUNCE ELECTION INTENTIONS

The race for City Council seats will begin Wednesday when Cameron Pitts holds a news conference to announce his ``intent for elected office.''

Pitts is completing his first term on council and is expected to run for re-election as a council member; however, there have been some citizens who have talked of backing Pitts for mayor.

Incumbent Mayor Gloria Webb is expected to seek a third term, although she has not made her intentions public.

Other council members whose terms expire this year are Bernard Griffin and Jim Hawks.

The filing deadline for the May 7 election is March 5.

Pitts' news conference will begin at 11 a.m. in Council Chambers on the sixth floor of City Hall, 801 Crawford St.

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