Contested elections have emerged for the Clarendon school board and for the Howardwick City Council as the deadline to sign-up for local offices approaches next week.
Seven local governments are scheduled to have elections this spring, but as of Tuesday afternoon Clarendon CISD and the City of Howardwick were the only entities to report more candidates having filed than there are seats available, which will give the voters something to decide.
School board incumbent Reneé Mott has filed for re-election to the school board and will be joined on the ballot by challengers Kyle Davis and Chrisi Tucek. There are two seats up this year on the Clarendon CISD Board of Trustees. The other incumbent, Weldon Sears, has not filed for re-election as of Tuesday.
In Howardwick the terms of Aldermen Mary Grady, Johnny Hubbard, and Marietta Baird are expiring, and there are now four people running for those three seats. Challengers Jeremy Kindle and Terry Barnes have signed up for alderman, and Grady and Baird are seeking re-election.
The five remaining local governments do not yet have enough candidates to hold elections.
In Clarendon, the two-year terms of Aldermen John Lockhart, Larry Jeffers, and Eulaine McIntosh are up this year. Jeffers and Lockhart have filed for re-election.
The Donley County Hospital District Board of Directors has four two-year terms up this year. Those are currently held by Jan Farris – Place 4, Nikki Adams – Place 5, Mark C. White – Place 6, and Lori Howard – Place 7; and all of those incumbents are running again.
Hedley ISD has three full three-year terms up this year. Those seats are held by Troy Monroe, Cindy Lambert, and Susan Cosby. Lambert and Monroe have filed for re-election.
Three positions are up this year on the Clarendon College Board of Regents. Darlene Spier and Carey Wann hold two of those seats, and the third is currently vacant. Wann has filed to keep his position on the board.
The City of Hedley still has no candidates so far. Hedley has two aldermen’s seats and the mayor’s position up this year. Those are currently held by Mayor Carrie Butler and Aldermen Dustin Shatswell and Danny Russell.
Filing continues through next Friday, February 14. Candidate applications are available from the administrative offices of each entity. Elections are scheduled to be held Saturday, May 2, 2020.
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