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May 12, 2011

Early voting wraps up in county

Cities across Hunt County are conducting elections Saturday to choose new representatives for city councils and school boards, while residents in Hawk Cove will be deciding the fate of a pair of sales tax referendums.

Early voting for all of the elections wrapped up Tuesday evening, with significant turnouts for some of the contests and with no ballots at all cast early in some of the others.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday. Sample ballots and a list of polling locations will be included in Saturday’s Herald-Banner.

Voters in the Campbell Independent School District are choosing two board members. Glenn Taylor, Roy L. Smalley, Jason “Burner” Irwin, Mark Seale, Andy Coffman, Pleas M. McKee Jr., Frank Owens and Jordan Jaco are vying for the spots., witghg 82 early votes cast.

Two seats are also open Saturday on the Caddo Mills Independent School District board. Candidates include Wes Ferrell, Marc Coker, Patsy Wygal Locker and Rueben Terry. A total of 17 early votes were cast for the election.

Residents in the City of Celeste are deciding on a Mayor and two City Council members. Larry Godwin and Pat Jones are running for Mayor; while Fred Reynolds, Cletus Holt and Jared Godwin are seeking the Council seats, with nine early ballots cast.

Two propositions are on the ballot in Hawk Cove. Proposition 1 asks voters if they are in favor of a local sales and use tax of one-fourth of one percent to provide revenue for the maintenance and repair of city streets. Proposition 2 seeks voter approval for the creation of the Hawk Cove Municipal Development District, and the imposition of a sales and use tax of one-fourth of one percent, for the purpose of financing development projects.

No early votes were cast for the election prior to Tuesday’s deadline.

R. W. Oliver is unopposed in seeking to be the Mayor of Quinlan, while Chris Kiser and Carole Petty are running for Place 2 on the Quinlan City Council and Brandon S. Frazier and Donny Brock are competing for the Place 4 spot. Nine early ballots were cast for Saturday’s election.

Three places are open on the West Tawakoni City Council. Gerald F. Rosebure and Chuck Calkins are running in Place 1, Alan Shoemake and Bill Creed are seeking the Place 3 position and Paul Norris, Winston Dennis and Michael Adams are vying for the Place 5 post. A total of 19 votes were cast early for Saturday’s election.

Voters in the Wolfe City Independent School District are choosing between Doug Skinner and Phil Tanner for Place 1 on the board, while Steven Cherry and Ron Ferguson are running in Place 7, with 49 early ballots cast.

Three positions are open on the board of the Hickory Creek Special Utility District, with Troyce Woodruff, Allan Malone, Kern Morris, Robert Childress, Frank Giles and Jerry Fomby on the ballot. Saturday’s election drew 42 early ballots.

One spot is to be decided on the board of directors of the North Hunt Special Utility District between Charles Brookshire and Robert Dean DeForest. No one voted early for the election.

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