Trenton Mayor Palmer won't run again

by: Jason Springer

Mon Dec 07, 2009 at 11:29:19 AM EST

Douglas Palmer is expected to announce today that he won't seek re-election to a sixth term as Mayor of Trenton next year.  The 58-year-old Palmer has served as mayor since 1990, when he ousted incumbent Carmen Armenti by less than 297 votes to become Trenton's first African American mayor.  Armenti, who had been Mayor from 1966 to 1970, took office after the death of longtime incumbent Arthur Holland.