Houston County Elections Set Throughout County for May
By Greg Ritchie
Messenger Reporter
HOUSTON COUNTY – Elections for positions of Crockett city mayor, city and school boards and five seats on the county hospital board will be held Saturday, May 6 in different locations throughout the county.
The position of Crockett City Mayor sees incumbent Dr. Ianthia Fisher facing off against Connie Strban, owner of Crockett Springs Real Estate and president of the Downtown Crockett Association.
The Crockett city council will also have two positions with contested races. Current Precinct One Councilman Gene Caldwell is running for the precinct two seat currently held by Darryl Jones. The empty seat in precinct one has three contenders: Samantha Wiley, Joe Don James and Dennis Ivey.
The Crockett Independent School District has two open seats with no contested elections this time around.
The Houston County Hospital District has a whopping five seats up for grabs – all with incumbents and challengers. The hospital district must still verify the information submitted by each candidate but The Messenger will list those who turned in applications to run.
Other local races include positions on several Houston County school boards. As this newspaper has often mentioned, these positions are the heart of our county and our community. These are the people who decide how to use our tax money in the schools, roads and hospital which we could scarcely live without.
The Messenger plans to invite the candidates from many of these races to public forums where you will be able to hear from them directly and make an informed decision. Polling places will vary depending on the race and we will provide the exact locations and voting times before the election day in May.
Here are the candidates who have announced their plans to run for the various offices listed below: (Incumbent marked with letter I)
Houston County Hospital District Board:
Position 1 – Barbara Crowson (I), Buddy Clonts, Kim Spellman
Position 3 – Debbie Kelly (I) (unopposed)
Position 5 – Roy Langford (I), Tami English McCreight
Position 7 – Harvey Bruner (I), Patricia Carter
Position 9 – Carol Dawson (I), Darryll Bennett
Crockett Mayor:
Dr. Ianthia Fisher (I)
Connie Strban
Crocket City Council Precinct One:
Samantha Wiley
Joe Don James
Dennis Ivey
Crockett City Council Precinct Two:
Darryl Jones (I)
Gene Caldwell
Crockett Independent School District:
District 2 – Stephen Tuggle (I) (unopposed)
District 5 – Zenita Hamilton (unopposed)
Grapeland City Council:
Velda Green (I)
George R. Pierson (I)
Pip McGee
Tom DeLong
Greg Vaden
Paul Adamson
Grapeland ISD School Board:
Position 1 – Brad Spisak (I), Travis Brown
Position 2 – Twila Ibarra, T.C. Howard
Position 5 – Josh Goolsby (I), Cannon Vickers
Latexo ISD School Board:
Position 1 – Willie Patton (I), Virgie Stewart
Position 2 – Dr. Michael Allen (I) (unopposed)
City of Kennard:
Mayor – Jesse Stephens (I) (unopposed)
Council Position 1 – Michelle Rowe (I) (unopposed)
Council Position 2 – G.M. McClinton (I) (unopposed)
Kennard ISD School Board: (two open positions)
Britanni Womack (I)
Jarod Currie
Ronnie Cole
City of Lovelady:
Council Position 3 – Martin Baedeker (I) (unopposed)
Council Position 4 – Lisa Allen (I) (unopposed)
Council Position 5 – Michael Sessions (I) (unopposed)
Lovelady ISD School Board:
Position 6 – Russell Baker (unopposed)
Position 7 – Keith Driskell (unopposed)
Greg Ritchie can be reached at [email protected]
