In their own words: Columbia City Council at-large candidates

The State invited the six candidates for Columbia’s at-large City Council seat to explain why they should be elected on Tuesday. Four candidates responded by the deadline. Nammu Y. Muhammad did not respond. John Adams submitted his column a day late, so it will not appear in print, but is posted online, along with the columns from Joseph Azar, Howard Duvall, incumbent Cameron Runyan and Andy Smith, at thestate.com/opinion.

This story was originally published October 29, 2015 at 5:00 PM with the headline "In their own words: Columbia City Council at-large candidates."