This has been one of the more exciting Madison mayoral races in recent memory as incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin faces a challenge from Mo Cheeks, vice president of business development at MioSoft Corporation and an alder on Madison’s west side; Satya Rhodes-Conway, the managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy and former east side alder; Raj Shukla, the executive director of The River Alliance of Wisconsin; Toriana Pettaway, Madison’s racial equity coordinator; and comedian Nick Hart.

Madison voters will have a big decision to make at the polls tomorrow – Tuesday, Feb. 19. Pettaway is running as a write-in candidate and her name will not appear on the ballot. Click here to find out where you will vote if you don’t already know.

Community members have offered up editorials to Madison365 describing in detail why their particular candidate should be the next mayor of Madison. Following are opinion pieces about Mayor Paul Soglin, Maurice Cheeks, Satya Rhodes-Conway , Raj Shukla and Toriana Pettaway