Fields are set for 2022 municipal elections

Brick sole candidate for Marion mayor as many races uncontested

By RALPH HARDIN

ralphhardin@gmail.com

When Crittenden County voters head to the polls in the upcoming 2022 elections, they will have many choices to make, selecting their preferences from among more than a dozen state and county races, as well as a number of voter-led and legislat ive – d r iven ballot measures and initiatives.

One place, however, that many local voters will find themselves lacking in options is in their municipal races. All 13 incorporated municipalities in Crittenden County (Anthonyville, Clarkedale, Crawfordsville, Earle, Edmondson, Gilmore, Horseshoe Lake, Jeannette, Jericho, Marion, Sunset, Turrell and West Memphis) will hold elections for offices including mayor, city or town council, and other municipal posts (city clerk, treasurer, etc.)

However in most of the county’s local races, there is only one candidate for each office, and in a few, no candidate filed for the office.

Here are the candidates for each municipal office (listed alphabetically):

Anthonyville

Mayor Leroy C. Wright Sr. Recorder Shirley Craig Town Council Position 1 Frederick S. Anthony Town Council Position 2 Herbert Lee Wiley Town Council Position 3 Freddie Lee Hicks Town Council Position 4 Roy Eason Town Council Position 5 K.C. McKinney

Clarkedale

Mayor Samuel H. Stuckey Recorder Candace Pirani Town Council Position 1 Fred G. Stuckey Town Council Position 2 No candidate filed Town Council Position 3 Dave Thomas Town Council Position 4 No candidate filed Town Council Position 5 Paul Pirani

Crawfordsville

Mayor Joe Marotti Town Council Position 1 Terri Watson Town Council Position 2 Frances R. Wallace Town Council Position 3 Dennis Masner Jr. Town Council Position 4 Larry Zane Boyd Town Council Position 5 O’Neal Freeman Jr.

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Earle

Mayor Barbara A. Booker-Adkins Ramonda Henderson Nemi Matthews Sr. Jaylen Smith Donald Ray Stone City Clerk Cynthia L. Conner City Council Pos. 1-1 Sandra Holloway City Council Pos. 2-1 Claudie M. Forrest Ann Pickering-Philyaw City Council Pos. 3-1 No candidate _les City Council Pos. 4-1 Demetrius Johnson Sr. Angela R. Jones

Edmondson

Mayor Colt Boyd Art Gillard Jr. Sidney Thomas Prackett Recorder/Treasurer Larry Moore Hayward Shaw Town Council Position 1 Coletha Vasser Town Council Position 2 Oscar Matthew Gary Cordell Town Council Position 3 Danielle Howard Town Council Position 4 Sona Johnson Travis Tate Town Council Position 5 James Mitchell

Gilmore

Mayor Bruce Delaney Recorder/Treasurer No candidate _led Town Council Position 1 Cecil Elmore Jr. Kyle Kline Town Council Position 2 Terry Person Town Council Position 3 Ethel Gordon Town Council Position 4 No candidate _led Town Council Position 5 No candidate _led

Horseshoe Lake

Mayor Gary G. Hahne Recorder Carol Adams Town Council Position 1 Shawn E. Siders Town Council Position 2 Harris Lentz III Town Council Position 3 Terry Tarr Town Council Position 4 Brian Hillis Town Council Position 5 Gregory Scott Davenport Town Council Position 6 No candidate _led

Jeannette

Mayor James Henderson Jr. Recorder/Treasurer Birdia Thompson Town Council Position 1 Monica Young Town Council Position 2 Mary L. Nance Town Council Position 3 Sidney Witherspoon Town Council Position 4 Alisia Mathis Town Council Position 5 Velma J. Thomas

Jericho

Mayor Ida Shumpert Recorder No candidate _led Town Council Position 1 Dorothy Parnell Town Council Position 2 Juanita Edwards Betty Pollard Town Council Position 3 Don Payne Tanya Witt Town Council Position 4 Brenda Payne Town Council Position 5 Patricia Crume

Marion

Mayor Tracy Brick City Clerk Patty James City Attorney Christopher H. Crain Rachel R. Vaughn City Council Pos. 1-2 Vincent Adam Cupples Bradly (Brad) Moore David Bigger City Council Pos. 2-2 Taylor Guy III City Council Pos. 3-2 Sherry Holliman Ray Nassar Leandra Michelle-Schwartz

Sunset

Mayor Erica Parker Linsey Hayes R. Lynn Brown Recorder No candidate _led Town Council Position 1 Rickey T. Phelix Town Council Position 2 Donella James Town Council Position 3 Joyce Taylor Town Council Position 4 Joyce Butler Town Council Position 5 Irene Phelix

Turrell

Mayor Dorothy A. Cooper Charles Edward Webster Recorder Megan Wilhoite Town Council Position 1 Cassius Moore Town Council Position 2 James Lowery Town Council Position 3 Antonio Greer Town Council Position 4 Emanual Harris Town Council Position 5 Angela Scott Town Council Position 6 Jeffrey Thomas

West Memphis

Mayor Wayne Croom Marco McClendon James Pulliaum City Clerk Patricia A. Joplin City Attorney J. Michael Stephenson City Treasurer Hubert Bass Charles Suiter City Council Pos. 1-1 James Holt City Council Pos. 2-1 Justin Stokes Gheric Bruce Jaime Patterson City Council Pos. 3-1 Charles Wheeless Jay Holder City Council Pos. 4-1 Lorraine L. Mohammed City Council Pos. 5-1 Helen Harris Angela Eason Joyce Gray An important deadline to note is for registering to vote. In order to be able to vote in the November election, you must register with the County Clerk’s Of_ce no later than Oct. 10, 2022.

Frank Barton, Crittenden County Election Commission chairman has set the date and time for the ballot draw, which will determine in what order the candidates’ names will appear on the ballot.

“The County Election Commission is giving notice for the Ballot Draw meeting for the November General Election,” said Barton. “The meeting will be held on August 25, 2022, at 1 p.m. in the Quorum Court room at the County Courthouse.”

The public is invited to attend.