Friday, March 29, 2024

City, school races draw contenders

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The slate of candidates for city and school November elections has been set.

The filing period closed Monday (Aug. 16).

Elections for the Granbury City Council and the Granbury School Board of Trustees drew several candidates.

For Granbury City Council, Steven Vale and Cathy Reidy will once again compete for the Place 5 seat previously held by Tony Mobly.

Mobly resigned that seat to run for mayor in a June 29 special election. He lost the race to Jim Jarratt.

Vale scored the highest number of votes in a three-man race in the special election but did not win enough votes to avoid a runoff with Reidy. In that race, he won 598 votes to Reidy’s 425 and Richard Hoefs’ 397.

Reidy won the July 27 runoff by 48 votes. She was sworn in during the regular City Council meeting on Aug. 3 to serve out the remaining months of Mobly’s three-year term.

The council’s Place 3 seat will also be on the ballot.

Incumbent Bruce Wadley is seeking a second term. He is being challenged by Joanie Keays, who was one of four mayoral candidates in the special election.

Places 3 and 4 on the Granbury School Board will be on the ballot. There are three candidates for each seat.

Place 4’s Nancy Alana is being challenged for re-election by Betsy Ross and Courtney Gore.

Place 3 incumbent Chris Willis is not seeking a second term. Those hoping to win that seat are Bret Deason, Melanie Graft and Susan Wood.

Tolar City Secretary Michelle Burdette said Tuesday that she will cancel the city’s election plans due to incumbents drawing no opposition to their re-election bids. Those slated to start new terms in November are Matt Hutsell (Place 1), Sally Grimes (Place 2) and Chip Foster (Place 3).

For the Tolar ISD board, Matt Imel of Place 3 drew no opposition but Place 4’s Rhonda Knight is being challenged by Jodi Barnes.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the HCN was still awaiting word about the city election in DeCordova. Seats scheduled to be on the ballot and the people currently holding them are: Place 1 (mayor), Dave Hanson; Place 4, Judy Cordell; and Place 5, Jim Gallman.

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The deadline to register to vote or to update voter registration is Monday, Oct. 4.