A new challenger for District 30’s seat on the City Council arose this summer. The candidate’s write-in campaign has generated buzz in Ridgewood, and stickers promoting Leo can be found smattered across light posts and subway stations, and his name whispered between residents at their speakeasies and political rallies: Leo Namuche.
The catch: if he wins, Namuche would never take his seat on the council… for he is a cat — a 9-year-old cinnamon swirl tabby, to be exact, born on the very streets of Ridgewood, the neighborhood he’s running to represent.
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Leo the cat is on the campaign trail for City Council as part of organized Ridgewood protest vote
