Candidate qualifying ends, some earn election without a race
Published 6:06 pm Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The deadline for candidate qualifying came and went Tuesday with a few Selma City Councilmen earning re-election without a race.
Selma Ward 1 councilman Cecil Williamson earned another four-year term, as did incumbent Ward 5 representative Sam Randolph. Neither had had another candidate qualify to run against them. Greg Bjelke, who represents Ward 3, won a special election just over a year ago to earn his spot on the council, and Tuesday earned another four years on the council after no one filed to run against him.
On the Selma City School Board, District 4 representative Dr. Udo Ufomadu earned re-election after no one qualified to run against him. That is the only position in the school board race that is uncontested.
SELMA QUALIFYING
Below is a list of those individuals who have qualified for the Aug. 28 municipal elections:
Selma City Council:
Mayor — James Perkins Jr.
Mayor — George Evans
Ward 1 — Cecil Williamson (earns re-election)
Ward 2 — Susan Keith
Ward 2 — Roderick V. West
Ward 3 — Greg Bjelke (earns re-election)
Ward 4 — Dorothy M. Chatmon
Ward 4 — Clyde Richardson
Ward 4 — Angela Benjamin
Ward 5 — Samuel L. Randolph (earns re-election)
Ward 6 — Benny L. Tucker
Ward 6 — Lydia ‘Porkey’ Pettway
Ward 6 — Johnnie M. Leashore
Ward 6 — Atkins M. Jemison
Ward 7 — Leroy Miles Jr.
Ward 7 — Bennie R. Crenshaw
Ward 8 — Rev. Lorenzo Harrison Sr.
Ward 8 — Michael Johnson
Ward 8 — Ronald ‘Boogie’ Lane
Council president — Tremayne ‘Toby’ Gorden
Council president — Franklin B. Fortier Jr.,
Council president — Rufus Ford
Council president — Corey Bowie
Selma City School Board:
District 1 — Dr. Kirit D. Chapatwala
District 1 — Cynthia W. Harris
District 1 — Alphonse ‘Al’ Perry
District 2 — Brenda R. Obomanu
District 2 — Velma Brewer
District 3 —Phyllis Moore Houser
District 3 — Frank Chestnut Jr.
District 4 — Dr. Udo F. Ufomadu (earns re-election)
Board President — Henry Hicks Sr.
Board President — Holland Powell
Board President — Kimesha Houston Alvarado ‘Sunshine’
ORRVILLE QUALIFYING
Below is a list of those individuals who have qualified for the Aug. 28 municipal elections:
Mayor and town council:
Mayor — Gene McHugh
Mayor — Louvenia Diane Lumpkin
Council — Jewell Williamson
Council — Nell Frasier
Council — Dorothy Adcox
Council — Herman Majors
Council — Yvonne Roberts
Council — Lameshia Jones
Council — Rodney Ellis
VALLEY GRANDE QUALIFYING
Below is a list of those individuals who have qualified for the Aug. 28 municipal elections:
Mayor and city council:
Mayor — Gene Hisel
Mayor — Wayne Labbe
Place 1 — Tim White
Place 1 — Herman L. Williams
Place 2 — Ronald Sawyer
Place 2 — Shaudonna Minor
Place 3 — John Robinson
Place 3 — Donna Downs
Place 4 — Jane Craig (elected without a race)
Place 5 — Kenneth Martin (elected without a race)
UNIONTOWN QUALIFYING
Below is a list of those individuals who have qualified for the Aug. 28 municipal elections:
Mayor and town council:
Mayor — Tyrone Brown
Mayor — Jamaal Hunter
Mayor — James May
District 1 — Vera Davis
District 1 — Tulis Jones
District 1 — Sonny Williams Jr.
District 2 — Carlton Lewis
District 2 — Geneva Watts
District 3 — Don Nitecat Moore
District 3 — Estella Minor
District 4 — Henrietta Jones
District 4 — Christine White
District 5 — Frank Braxton
District 5 — Kevin Jordan
MARION QUALIFYING
Below is a list of those individuals who have qualified for the Aug. 28 municipal elections:
Mayor and town council:
Mayor — Tony Long
Mayor — Ed Perry
District 1 — Tommie D. Jones
District 1 — Jocelyn Tubbs-Turner
District 2 — Murray Jackson
District 2 — Samuel ‘Tadpole’ Sanders
District 3 — Brandon S. Taylor
District 4 — Willie L. Jackson
District 4 — Vinnie Hogan Royster
District 5 — Mary Bennett
District 5 — Corin Harrison Jr.