★ ELECTION DAY   Tuesday, November 4 — Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. across Riverbend. Find your polling place →
Independent Democrat  ·  Riverbend, Ohio  ·  Est. 2026

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Your BusinessA Mayor Who Shows Up

After fourteen years on the city council and three terms representing Ward 4, Your Business is running for mayor of Riverbend on a promise to fix what's broken — and to be in the room while we do it. Houses people can afford. Schools that work. Streets that don't flood.

Endorsed by Riverbend Education Assoc. · AFSCME Local 1184 · Sierra Club Greater Ohio
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NOV 42026
"I knock every door." Town hall #87 — Eastside YMCA, October 14
14 yrsCity council service
87Town halls held since launch
$0Corporate PAC money
2,400+Riverbend volunteers signed up
32Local & labor endorsements
★ Where Marisol Stands

Six issues, one plan,
no easy slogans.

Riverbend has real problems and they deserve real answers. Here are the three Marisol is leading with — read the full plan on the issues page.

★ Issue 01 — Housing

Build 2,400 affordable homes by 2030

A revolving construction fund seeded with $40M of TIF revenue, paired with by-right zoning along the Cleary Avenue corridor and a renter relief program for households earning under 80% AMI.

Read the housing plan →
★ Issue 02 — Schools

Fully fund Riverbend Public Schools

End the structural deficit by closing the industrial-park abatement loophole. Restore arts, a fifth-grade orchestra program, and a guidance counselor to every middle school by fall of '27.

Read the schools plan →
★ Issue 03 — Streets that work

Fix the flooding on the south side

$120M in green-infrastructure investments — bioswales, daylighted creeks, separated storm sewers — focused on the four neighborhoods that flood every spring while we wait for the county.

Read the infrastructure plan →
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★ Next Town Hall

Saturday Coffee & Council
at the Cleary Library

Bring your questions, your kids, and a mug. Marisol takes questions for ninety minutes — no podium, no script, no staffers running interference. Refreshments by Mae's Diner. ASL interpretation available.

10:00 a.m. Cleary Branch Library, Community Room B 2410 Cleary Ave, Riverbend Free · open to all
★ Meet Marisol
Marisol with her grandfather Hector outside the family's hardware store on Sycamore — 1991.

I grew up
on Sycamore.

I am a third-generation Riverbender. My grandparents opened Fielding's Hardware in 1962. I went to Cleary High, taught civics at South Middle for nine years, and I have served on the city council since 2012.

I am running because the city I love is at a turning point. We have new state dollars on the way, a downtown that's finally walkable again, and four neighborhoods that flood every spring like clockwork. The next mayor will decide whether we use this moment well — or waste it the way we wasted 2008.

I am not the candidate of any developer, party committee, or PAC. I am running on small-dollar donations and shoe leather, and I will keep showing up — at the school board, at the union hall, at your front door — whether or not the cameras are on.

— MarisolCandidate for Mayor
★ Endorsed By

Labor, faith, neighbors.

Riverbend Ed.
AssociationTeachers · 1,800 mbrs
AFSCME
Local 1184City workers
Sierra Club
Greater OhioConservation
UFCW Local 75Grocery & retail
Building Trades
Council15 affiliates
SEIU
Healthcare OHNurses & aides
Riverbend
FirefightersIAFF Local 220
Working
Families PartyState chapter
Cleary Pastors'
CouncilFaith leaders
Riverbend
NAACPBranch 4422
Stonewall
DemocratsOhio chapter
Latino Civic
Caucus OHStatewide

From the campaign trail

OCT 142026

Fielding releases $120M south-side flooding plan, calls for separated storm sewers

The campaign's third major policy paper details a five-year, federally matched investment in green infrastructure across the Lambert, Sycamore, Tow Path, and Eastview neighborhoods.

Press release · Fielding 2026
OCT 092026

"She's the only one who showed up." — The Riverbend Gazette endorses Fielding

The paper's editorial board cited her town-hall record, refusal of corporate PAC money, and detailed housing plan in a unanimous endorsement.

Coverage · Riverbend Gazette
OCT 022026

AFSCME Local 1184 endorses Fielding, citing public-pension protection

The 1,200-member city-workers local joins the firefighters and teachers in backing Fielding for the November 4 election.

Press release · AFSCME 1184
SEP 242026

Town hall #80: Fielding takes 41 questions in two hours at Eastside YMCA

Topics ranged from the Marlow Avenue rezoning to the 8th-grade music program. Audience: 240. ASL interpretation provided.

Field report · Fielding 2026
★ Get Involved

This is a people-powered campaign.

We have 2,400 volunteers signed up, 18 neighborhood captains, and 88 days until November 4. Every shift counts. Pick what fits your schedule and we'll train you.

Sign up to volunteer →
Knock doors2-hour weekend shifts
Phone bankTue + Thu evenings, remote OK
Host a meet-upBackyard, basement, or rec room
Take a lawn signFree — drop off this week