Russell County voters will choose local leaders in the November third general election, with a contested district judge and city races.
Four p.m. today is the deadline to register to vote or update your registration for the election.
In Jamestown, three candidates are running for mayor: political newcomer Brian Young, and current city councilmen Dwight Richards and Barry Coffey.
Nine candidates are seeking six seats on the Jamestown City Council: William Murray, Richard Bennett, Tony Huston Wright, Jared Roy, Wendell Matthew McGowan, Mitchell Marcum, Joey Hoover, Ada Marcum Lawson and David “Scottie” Weston.
In Russell Springs, Mayor Eddie Thomas and city councilman Cody Wilson are running for mayor.
With only six candidates seeking the city’s six council seats….incumbents Sherry Daniel, Lance Huckaby, Timmy Hudson, Gary Frost and Ricky Barnes will be re-elected and will be joined on the city council by Roger Collins, the only other person to file.
A District Judge’s seat is up for election. Attorney Athena Cooper Bradshaw of Russell Springs and Wayne County Attorney Tom Simmons are seeking to replace longtime District Judge Mike Lawson who is retiring at the end of this year. The winner will serve Russell, Wayne and Clinton counties.
Russell County’s judge-executive, county clerk, sheriff, county attorney, jailer, coroner, PVA and county surveyor are ALL unopposed in the general election and will be re-elected to another four year term. Likewise, incumbent magistrates Terry Waddell, Mickey Garner, Steve Richardson and Larry Skaggs are unopposed in the general election, as is district three Republican nominee Marty Kazsuk.
Republican constable candidates Travis Lee Bailey in District One, Paula Glover Mann in District Two, Reggie Gosser in District Three, Greg Hammond in District Four and Richard Wooldridge in District Five, are all unopposed November 3rd.
Meanwhile, eligible voters can request a mail-in absentee ballot through October twentieth. The online request portal closes that night at ten fifty-nine central time.
Excused in-person absentee voting will be available October twenty-first through twenty-third, and October twenty-sixth through twenty-eighth.
No-excuse early voting will take place October twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first.
Election Day is Tuesday, November third. Polls will be open from six a.m. until six p.m.
For voting locations and additional information, contact the Russell County Clerk’s Office at 270-343-2125.