{"id":18358,"date":"2026-08-03T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/jan-hoffman-enters-krakow-mayoral-race-after-leading-referendum\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:56:32","slug":"jan-hoffman-enters-krakow-mayoral-race-after-leading-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/jan-hoffman-enters-krakow-mayoral-race-after-leading-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Hoffman Enters Krak\u00f3w Mayoral Race After Leading Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following Prime Minister Donald Tusk&#8217;s decree scheduling early presidential elections in Krak\u00f3w for Sunday, September 27, local leaders and political figures have officially announced their candidacies.  <\/p>\n<h4>Early Mayoral Elections Scheduled<\/h4>\n<p>Donald Tusk ordered early elections for the president of Krak\u00f3w to be held on Sunday, September 27. The prime minister&#8217;s ordinance was published in the Journal of Laws on Friday and entered into force upon publication. Potential candidates have until August 17 to notify the election commissioner about the creation of an election committee.<\/p>\n<h4>Jan Hoffman Launches Independent Committee<\/h4>\n<p>Jan Hoffman, chairman of the Stare Miasto district council in Krak\u00f3w and leader of the referendum group that led to the removal of Miszalski from the town hall, has registered his committee. Named the Jan Hoffman Voters&#8217; Electoral Committee &#8211; ReferendumKRK: We Will Fix Krak\u00f3w, Hoffman describes it as a non-partisan, civic, and grassroots group bringing together residents with diverse views and vast experience.<\/p>\n<h4>Hoffman&#8217;s Campaign Priorities<\/h4>\n<p>Although a detailed election program for repairing Krak\u00f3w has not yet been finalized, Hoffman outlined his priorities if elected. These include a solid financial and administrative audit, the reinstatement of the 20-minute public transport ticket, and limiting the Clean Transport Zone (SCT) to the strict center within the Planty ring to develop a socially acceptable version in the coming months.<\/p>\n<h4>Aleksandra Owca Enters the Race for Razem<\/h4>\n<p>On Monday, August 3, Aleksandra Owca of the Razem party announced her candidacy for Krak\u00f3w&#8217;s mayoral election, with a signature collection drive launching that evening. Highlighting her vision during a press briefing, Owca stated she is running to build a Krak\u00f3w that works for people, addressing housing costs, stable employment, and quality of life for young people.<\/p>\n<h4>Transport and Social Policies<\/h4>\n<p>Owca&#8217;s platform includes creating a cohesive and convenient modern transport system combining trams, buses, trains, bicycle paths, and the metro. Supported by Adrian Zandberg during a conference, Owca&#8217;s campaign is positioned as a pro-social push for affordable housing, public transport investments, and fair labor market policies.<\/p>\n<h4>Growing Field of Candidates<\/h4>\n<p>The roster of declared candidates for the presidency of Krak\u00f3w includes former Supreme Audit Office head Marian Bana\u015b, Bartosz Boche\u0144czak (Confederation), Micha\u0142 Dwernicki (PiS), Daria Gosek-Popio\u0142ek (Left), Jan Hoffman, Micha\u0142 Klimek (Confederation of the Polish Crown), Aleksandra Owca (Razem Party), Monika Pi\u0105tkowska (KO, PSL), S\u0142awomir Pietrzyk (Polish Social Democracy), Marta Ratuszy\u0144ska (Good Radom grouping), celebrity and former wife of \u0141ukasz Schreiber Marianna Schreiber, Gra\u017cyna Zofia \u015awiat (Non-Partisan Local Government Activists of Lesser Poland), and former Krak\u00f3w councilor \u0141ukasz Wantuch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Prime Minister Donald Tusk&#8217;s decree scheduling early presidential elections in Krak\u00f3w for Sunday, September 27, local leaders and political figures have officially announced their candidacies. Early Mayoral Elections Scheduled Donald Tusk ordered early elections for the president of Krak\u00f3w to be held on Sunday, September 27. The prime minister&#8217;s ordinance was published in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}