BEN NUCKOLS
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia’s Democratic mayoral nominee says she’s been meeting with mayors from around North America as she develops ideas to improve the city’s technology climate.

Muriel Bowser delivered the keynote address Monday at a conference on technology in government. She says she’s met recently with the mayors of Houston; Austin, Texas; and Montreal, Canada. She says she admires former mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, who poured resources into the South Boston waterfront to turn it into an innovation hub. She also cited former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s work establishing a technology campus on Roosevelt Island.

As the Democratic nominee, Bowser is favored to win the general election in the heavily Democratic nation’s capital. Her challengers include independents David Catania and Carol Schwartz.

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