August 9 is last day to register to run for non-partisan offices
Only four have signed up for six seat council
UPDATE: LOUISA CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TOM PARSONS REGISTERED TODAY AFTER THIS STORY WAS POSTED MAKING FIVE COUNCIL CANDIDATES REGISTERED SO FAR…
LOUISA, KY. — Louisa City Council members Lisa Schaeffer and Mitch Castle signed up to run for re-election today making only four of the six spots on the council currently with candidates with the deadline looming tomorrow (Tuesday). And in the Board of Election race only the three incumbents have signed up to run with one day left.
“That is unusual,” County Clerk Chris Jobe said Monday morning. “There has always been competition for board seats but so far not so this year.” Three of the five board seats are up for grabs on November 8 with current members Jim See, Heath Preston and Barbara Robinson the only candidates so far.
“Candidates can come in on the last day with their two witnesses or pick up the papers and have them signed and bring them back,” Jobe said. “As long as they get it done before the close of business hours at 4:00pm.”
Jobe said Louisa Council member Tom Parsons has picked up his papers to run but has yet to actually sign up.
Former council member John Nolan, who missed the deadline two years ago, was the first to register and Ron Cordle was close behind and then Schaeffer and Castle today. Members Gloria Johnson and Angie McGuire are both runored to be sitting this one out. McGuire is the wife of city Public Works director David McGuire.
