CANTON – Canton City Ward 6 Councilman Kevin Hall plans to resign next week after seven years on council.
Hall, who announced Monday his intention to step down on Feb. 16, is leaving council to launch his campaign to become a Stark County commissioner. The 55-year-old Canton native also is moving to Jackson Township where he and his wife purchased a home in October after being unable to locate a home or enough land to build a home in the city.
“It is a perfect time to take some of the things I have learned from the administration and other council members to the county level so we all can move forward together,” said Hall, a Democrat who is unopposed in the March primary and is expected to face Republican incumbent Richard Regula in the November general election.
Hall, who ran unopposed for council in the November 2023 general election, has served as Canton’s Ward 6 council member since 2017 when he was appointed to fill the seat vacated by former longtime Councilman David Dougherty who left to become clerk of council.