Nevin Midlin announced his candidacy for the Office of the Mayor of Harrisburg.

In 2009 Mindlin ran as a republican and lost to Linda Thompson in the general election by 842 votes, he switched his registration and will run as an independent.

The race now has 5 candidates:

Mayor Linda D. Thompson (D)

Dan Miller (D)

Eric Papenfuse (D)

Lewis Butts (D)

Nevin Mindlin (I)