Four candidates in race for CISD board

On the way to last Friday’s filing deadline, an election broke out at the Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District.

Two incumbents and two newcomers will now square off for three positions up this year on the Board of Trustees. Trustees Robin Ellis and Chuck Robertson will be joined on the ballot by former Clarendon alderman Will Thompson and Clarendon College math instructor Linda Rowland.

Longtime school trustee Jim Shelton did not file for re-election and will step down in May when his term ends.

Early voting for the Clarendon school board will be from April 25 to May 3, and Election Day will be Saturday, May 7, 2016.

Six other local governments did not develop any contested races and are expected to cancel their spring elections. Two of those entities did not even draw enough candidates to fill all their available positions and will have to make appointments for those seats.

At the City of Hedley, Mayor Leon Ward and Alderman Dusty Wilkinson are not seeking re-election. Alderman Lonnie Roby, whose seat on the board is expiring, has filed for mayor, and Diana Postma has filed for alderman. That will leave one alderman’s position vacant for the board to make an appointment.

The Hedley Consolidated Independent School District will also have one seat to fill this May. Trustees Michael Metcalf and Billy Hall have filed for two full terms on the board, and Cindy Lambert filed for one of two unexpired, one-year terms. Trustee Aaron Harper is not seeking re-election, and Trustee Lana Richie recently resigned from the board.

The City of Clarendon reported that all three incumbents – Aldermen Beverly Burrow, Larry Jeffers, and John Lockhart – filed for re-election.

Clarendon College also has a full slate of candidates with Regents Ruth Robinson, Susie Shields, and Lon Adams all seeking re-election to their full terms. Darlene Spier has also filed to run for the remainder of the partial term she was appointed to.

Howardwick City Hall had incumbent Aldermen Mac Miller, Robert Brewster, and Sam Grider file for re-election.

The Donley County Hospital District also had its incumbents – Jan Farris, Jennie Owens, Lori Howard, and Mark C. White – file for re-election without opposition.