A Lebanon man is running for mayor despite being banned from City Hall by a court-ordered restraining order.

Derek Dodson, 59, qualified as a candidate by gaining the required 25 signatures, saying his purpose was to use his candidacy as a platform to speak out against incumbent Mayor Philip Craighead's bid for reelection. Bernie Ash, a Lebanon councilman, is also running for Lebanon's mayor as early voting begins Wednesday.

"I don't have the name recognition and have not asked for one vote," Dodson said. "I just want to expose Craighead and I hope at least half the city feels that way."

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