Petersburg Mayor Mark Jensen says he won't seek reelection this fall

Petersburg Mayor Mark Jensen announced during Monday's borough assembly meeting that he will not run for reelection in October, ending what will be an 18-year tenure as an elected official in Petersburg.

"I thought it was time to announce that I don't intend to run for mayor in October," Jensen said during the meeting. "That's four months from now. That gives people that are interested in the mayor's position [time] to put their name in."

Jensen was first elected to the Petersburg City Council in 2007. In 2009, he was selected by the council to serve as mayor pro tem, or vice mayor. In 2012, M...