Early voting for Grayson County city council and school board elections begins Monday, April 20.
In our area, elections will be held for Whitesboro City Council, Southmayd City Council and the Collinsville Independent School District.
Ten people have filed for three open seats on the Whitesboro City Council:
David Bertino (incumbent)
Ronnie Fielder (incumbent)
Mike Pack (incumbent)
Ben Edwards
Jessica Edwards
Stephan Gardner
William “Brody” Hall
Ryan Jones
Charles “Tom” Leach
Caleb Mata
A candidate questionnaire for each of the folks on the ballot is available on page 12 of this issue of the News-Record.
Publisher Austin Lewter posed the same three questions to each candidate and allowed them up to 250-word responses for each question.
Responses were not altered and were printed verbatim.
Every candidate was contacted. Not all responded.
Whitesboro ISD only saw incumbents file with no challengers, so no election will be called.
Collinsville City Council had four file to fill four open seats, so no election will be called.
Collinsville ISD, however, will have one contested seat on the ballot:
Place 1 - Matt Weaver (incumbent) and Derek Kays (challenger)
Place 2- Ryan Patterson (incumbent)
Place 3 -Jared Light (incumbent)
At S&S CISD and Tioga ISD, each had three people file for three open seats, so no election will be called.
On the Southmayd City Council, five candidates are vying for three alderman seats:
Mark J Everett (incumbent)
Teresa Miller (incumbent)
Matthew Tanner (incumbent)
Robert “Gene” Davis
Millie Rutherford
The City of Southmayd will host a “Meet the Candidates” forum on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. at the Southmayd Community Center (4708 Belknap). Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Early voting for all of these elections will take place on the following dates:
Monday, April 20 – 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21 – Closed (San Jacinto Day)
Wednesday, April 22 – Friday, April 24 - 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, April 27-Tuesday, April 28 – 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Election day is Saturday, May 2 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Area polling places include:
• Collinsville Community Center (111 N. Main Street) - Main Room
• Denison Sub-Courthouse (101 W. Woodard) - JP Courtroom
• Southmayd Community Center (4708 Belknap) – Main Room
• Tioga Fire Department (601 Main) – Meeting Room
• Whitesboro City Hall (111 W. Main) – Council Chambers
For more information about voting, a complete list of polling locations or to view sample ballots, visit https://www.co.grayson.tx.us/