Voters head to the polls this Saturday, May 11, to decide who will lead four local governments in Donley County.
Early balloting for the City of Clarendon, Clarendon ISD, the City of Howardwick, and Hedley ISD closed Tuesday with very high turnouts being reported. As of Tuesday morning, officials reported the following early turnout: City of Howardwick 42, Hedley ISD 36, Clarendon ISD 309, and City of Clarendon 284.
Saturday’s elections will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and balloting for the City of Clarendon and Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees will be held at the Donley County Courthouse Annex, the Howardwick city election will be held at Howardwick City Hall, and Hedley ISD voters will cast their ballots at the Hedley Lions Club.
In all 24 candidates are seeking elected offices around Donley County this spring.
Clarendon Mayor Larry Hicks is being challenged for his job by Alderman Tommy Hill, and four people are running for two positions available on the Board of Aldermen. Alderman Debbie Roberts, who was appointed in December, is seeking a full term in office, and she is joined on the ballot by former alderman Janice Knorpp, Sandy Skelton, and Trevor Leeper.
Clarendon ISD has four candidates running for three positions on the Board of Trustees. Current school board members Robin Ellis and Jim Shelton are seeking re-election and challengers Linda Rowland and Chuck Robertson are also running.
Six candidates are running for two positions on the Hedley School Board. Incumbents Bonnie Walsh Brown and James E. Potts are being challenged by Michele McCann, Kevin Smith, Aaron Harper, and Lana Ritchie.
The City of Howardwick leads the candidate count at eight with David P. Cafferata and former alderman Mike Rowland running for mayor; William R. Jordan, Gail Leathers, and Jim Cockerham running for two vacant full terms on the Board of Aldermen; and Alderman Gene Rogers, Cory Longan, former mayor H.L. “Buster” Baird, and Sandy Sanders vying for two unexpired terms.
A survey of the Donley and Collingsworth appraisal districts conducted Tuesday by the Enterprise found that the households of all candidates running for office except one have paid their property taxes. McCann’s husband Tye still owes for 2012, but local officials say they don’t consider 2012 taxes delinquent until July.
Election results will be posted on www.ClarendonLive.com as soon as they become available Saturday evening and will be printed in next week’s Enterprise.
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