Qualified: Here's the updated list of candidates for Gadsden municipal elections
Donna ThorntonWith Gadsden voters scheduled to go to the polls Aug. 23 to elect a mayor, council members and school board members, qualifying for the offices began last week and will continue through 5 p.m. June 28.
Here are the candidates who qualified through 8 a.m. Friday (i designates incumbent).
Mayor
Robert L. Avery
Heather New
Dr. John Jacobs
Thomas Worthy
Ron "Bunchie" Barnard
Michael Shell
Craig Ford
City Council
District 1 — Cynthia Toles (i)
District 1 — Tonya Latham
District 2 — Amy Lipscomb
District 2 — David Devine
District 2 — Ashton Gray
District 3 — William P. Avery Jr.
District 3 — Denecia Ann Getaw
District 3 — Larry J. Avery Jr.
District 4 — Luther D. Abel
District 4 — Kent Back (i)
District 4 — Carrie Machen
District 5 — Billy F. Billingsley Sr.
District 5 — Jason Wilson (i)
District 6 — Renay Stokes Reeves
District 6 — Benji Mashburn
District 6 — Phillip (Phil) Morgan
District 6 — Dixie Minatra
District 6 — Richard Leath
District 6 — Joshua Part
District 7 — Ben Reed (i)
District 7 — Chris Robinson
Board of Education
District 1 — Adrienne M. Reed
District 2 — Nate Carter
District 3 — Z'Andre Huff (i)
District 4 — Mike Haney (i)
District 5 — Bonnie Yarnell
District 6 — Nancy Stewart (i)
District 7 — William Allen Millican (i)
Contact Gadsden Times reporter Donna Thornton at 256-393-3284 or donna.thornton@gadsdentimes.com.