Graham Bloxham.
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Wellington mayoral candidate Graham Bloxham has announced he is quitting the race.
It appears Bloxham has announced he is quitting before submitting his nomination, which has not appeared on the Wellington City Council website.
Bloxham runs the Facebook page WellingtonLive and has faced controversy in recent months after being arrested for failing to stop for police, and being told by the Employment Relations Authority to pay a former employee $30,000.
In a LinkedIn post, Bloxham said he will not be running for the mayor of Wellington.
“After much research ‘talking to the neighbours cat over the fence’, I feel I can do a much better job outside of council.”
He said his family did not want to deal with personal attacks on him.
“I have looked back and tried to imagine what it might look like, and reflected on the impact on my family. Neither want to deal with the personal attacks on their father.”
Nominations for the mayoralty close midday on Friday.
Other candidates include Andrew Little, Ray Chung, Diane Calvert, Karl Tiefenbacher, Rob Goulden, Josh Harford, William Pennywize, Donald McDonald, Alex Baker and Kelvin Hastie.
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