The candidate filing period for May city and school elections ended Friday, February 16, and both the City of Whitney and Whitney Independent School District will need elections to determine council and board seats.
For the City of Whitney, the terms of council members Aimee Boswell, Martis Ward and Valery Peacock are expiring this year. Boswell and Peacock filed to retain their seats, and they will be joined on the ballot by Shawntay Owens, Vicki Wilson, Cheryl Taylor-West and Debbie Gregory.
There are three seats available on the Whitney ISD Board of Trustees, with the terms of Charles Buzan, Jason Sneed and Ray Watson expiring. All three incumbents filed to stay on the board, and also filing were Wayne Redding, Connie Terry and Larry Farmer.
Blum ISD will not need an election, as current school board members Jonathan Arrington and Joe Maxwell were the only candidates to file for their seats.
Covington Mayor Shirley Erickson was the only candidate to seek that position, but one seat on the council will be contested after newcomers filed for positions. Melissa Rochelle Hunt filed for Place 2, April Bradshaw and Rodney Wayne Russell filed for Place 3, and Brian Charles Stahl filed for Place 4.
Only incumbents filed for positions on the Covington ISD Board of Trustees. Kevin Ray, Cody Nickell and Joe Reitz will remain on the board, and no school election will be needed.
Elections will be held Saturday, May 4, with early voting getting underway Monday, April 22.
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