Delta Mayor Lois Jackson has told the Optimist she is planning on running for a fifth term come November.
Jackson said her name would "absolutely" be on the ballot, adding she has never been so excited about what's going on in Delta as she is right now.
The mayor's statements come on the heels of first-term councillor Heather King's announcement last Wednesday she is making a run for the mayor's chair. Last month, former councillor Krista Engelland kicked off the election talk when she announced she would make a second bid at becoming mayor.
Engelland, who served five terms at the council table between 1993 and 2008, lost to Jackson in 2008. Jackson received 52.4 per cent of the vote compared to Engelland's 38.5 per cent, although she did beat the incumbent at the Tsawwassen polls.
King, a former school board trustee, was popular with voters in her first campaign for a spot at the council table in 2008, topping the polls with more than 13,800 votes.
Jackson has spent the better part of the last four decades in Delta municipal politics. She was first elected as Delta's first female alderman in 1972.
She said she is looking forward to the campaign in the fall and will present voters with a "clear choice for moving forward."
If re-elected, Jackson said she plans on continuing to work to keep property taxes low, pay off the municipality's debt and building without incurring new debt.
"I'm really excited," she said. "It's a great time to live in Delta."
The next municipal election is slated for Nov. 19.
