Friday, Feb. 12, was the last day to file for area city councils and Jayton and Spur school boards. All of the incumbents for the JGISD school board, Amanda McGee, L’Rae Lee and Cole Carpenter, have joined Ron Redford, Cody Scott and Lance Spray to compete for three at-large seats in the May 1 election.
Across the county line in Spur, one final candidate filed for Spur city council. Connie Rainbolt will be joining the race for Ward 2, competing against incumbent Don Wright and challenger Tom Stout.
Every race on the Spur city council ballot is being challenged. For Spur city council, Mayor Louise Jones has filed for reelection; she is being challenged by David Crawford. All three incumbent aldermen have filed for reelection, and all three have opponents. Incumbent Fronye Morris, Ward 1, is being challenged by Steve Bridges. Don Wright, Ward 2, has an opponent, Tom Stout, and Rhea Melton, Ward 3, has drawn a challenger, Gayle Massaro.
In the City of Dickens, two city candidates had filed for elected office. Dickens Mayor David Warren had filed for reelection, and Marie Mullins had filed for her at-large alderman position. Mullins also serves as Dickens’ mayor pro tem, and all Dickens’ aldermen seats are at-large. On this year’s Dickens ballot are the mayor’s position and two aldermen seats, all at-large positions.
On the city of Jayton ballot this year are the mayor’s seat and two council positions, but as of press time on Monday no one has reported filing to run for office. All positions are at-large.
Spur ISD has single-member districts with board members serving three-year terms, and on the ballot this year are place 1 and place 2, currently represented by Pat Ortiz and Roy Sanchez respectively. Both have filed for reelection. In addition, Andrew Adams has filed to oppose Ortiz for place 1.
Patton Springs ISD holds a November election.
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