In the wake of its ally party UDI, the UMP has also officially announced a large part of the team that will present itself to voters next March during the cantonal elections.
The mixed duos are starting to take shape. Mayors from the main towns in the department, held by the right-wing, have locked down the candidacies in order to favor loyal councilors and municipal deputies. In Nice, 13 elected members of the municipal majority will double their communal duties.
Many new municipal elected officials will try to seat for the first time in the assembly on Boulevard du Mercantour. Only 16 among them will, if elected, be repeat participants.
They will reunite with the foremost among them, Eric Ciotti, who, thanks to the withdrawal of Doctor Alain Frère, will be elected without the slightest concern in the canton of Tourrette-Levens, before resuming his position as Departmental President.
There are still a few decisions to be made to complete the list which, according to party executives, has been unanimously approved except… by the “copeist” and mayor of Le Cannet, Michèle Tabarot, who is known for her poor relations with the Estrosi-Ciotti tandem, and who, dissatisfied with the treatment given to her supporters, walked out of the meeting.
Unfortunately for her, it’s well known that absentees are always in the wrong…
The First Nominees
Antibes I : Michelle Salucki (UDI, mayor of Vallauris) – Georges Roux (incumbent)
Antibes II : Jacques Gente (deputy mayor of Antibes) and Alexandra Borchio-Fontimp (municipal councilor in Antibes)
Antibes III : Eric Pauget (incumbent) and Sophie Deschaintres (opposition municipal councilor in Biot, UDI)
Beausoleil : Xavier Beck (incumbent)
Cagnes-sur-Mer I : Josy Piret-Roland Constant (deputies in Cagnes/Mer)
Cagnes-sur-Mer II : Joseph Segura (mayor of St-Laurent-du-Var) – Vanessa Siegel (deputy La Gaude)
Cannes I : Frank Chikli – Joëlle Arini (deputies in Cannes)
Cannes II : David Lisnard (incumbent) – Chantal Azémar-Morandini (deputy in Cannes)
Le Cannet : Richard Galy (mayor of Mougins) – Danièle Dessens (deputy in Cannet)
Contes : Michel Lottier (mayor of Blausasc)
Grasse I Jérôme Viaud (incumbent)
Grasse II : Pending
Mandelieu-la-Napoule : Henri Leroy (incumbent) – Michèle Paganin (deputy Auribeau/Siagne)
Menton : Patrick Cesari – Colette Giudicelli (incumbents)
Nice 1 : Auguste Vérola (incumbent) – Françoise Monnier (deputy in Nice)
Nice 2 : Marine Brenier (deputy in Nice)
Nice 3 : Pending
Nice 4 : Bernard Baudin (incumbent) – Nicole Merlino (UDI, deputy in Nice)
Nice 5 : Catherine Moreau (UDI, deputy in Nice) – Franck Martin (municipal councilor in Nice)
Nice 6 : Lauriano Azinheirina (incumbent, UDI) – Martine Ouaknine (deputy in Nice)
Nice 7 : Honoré Colomas (incumbent) – Fatima Khaldi (deputy in Nice)
Nice 8 : Philippe Rossini (municipal councilor in Nice)
Nice 9 : Philippe Soussi (UDI) – Jeanine Giletta (deputies in Nice)
Tourrette-Levens : Eric Ciotti (incumbent, president of the General Council)
Valbonne : Pending
Vence : Charles Ange Ginesy – Anne Sattonnet (UDI) (incumbents)
Villeneuve-Loubet : Michel Rossi (incumbent) – Marie Bennassayag (deputy in Villeneuve)
