TROY - Last week, former councilman and registered Democrat Keith Rogers announced that he would be running for the City Council this fall on the Republican ballot.

“Frankly, the current Democratic Party in Troy is not the one that I remember as an elected City Councilman almost 10 years ago,” said Rogers in a prepared statement. “I have found that my beliefs, as to the direction that the city of Troy needs to take in order to be competitive and to move forward, are much more in line with the Troy GOP.”

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