Election Watch: Local Candidates Qualify

June 17, 2014

Monday marked the first day of qualifying week for candidates seeking local office.

Those qualified as of close of business Monday for offices are listed below. Additional candidates have pre-qualified for the positions listed but did not officially qualify as of Monday. Friday is the last day to qualify for the offices listed.

As of Monday, only one candidate had qualified to run for one of three Century Town Council seats up for election this year.  Benjamin D. Boutwell filed Monday for the Century Town Council Seat 3 position currently held by incumbent Jacke Johnston.  Boutwell is retired Air Force and a 1981 Century High School graduate that moved back to Century nearly three years ago after retiring from the Air Force. He is a civil service employee at Eglin Air Force Base.

Candidates have until noon Friday to file at the Supervisor of Elections Office.  On Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., a representative of the Supervisor of Elections Office will also be at the Century Town Hall to qualify candidates.

Candidates qualified for local offices as of Monday are:

County Commissioner, District 2

  • Ray Guillory, Democrat
  • Doug Underhill, Republican
  • Gene Valentino, Republican

County Commissioner, District 4

  • Grover C. Robinson, Republican

School Board, District 1

  • Jeff Bergosh

School Board, District 2

  • Gerald W. Boone

School Board, District 3

  • Laura Dortch Edler
  • Linda Moultrie
  • Charlie Nichols

ECUA, District 2

  • Lois Benson, Republican

ECUA, District 4

  • Dale Perkins, Republican

Santa Rosa Island Authority

  • Thomas Campanella

Escambia Soil & Water Conservation District, Group 4

  • Lynn L. Laird

Mayor of Pensacola

  • Ashton Hayward

Pensacola City Council, District 2

  • Sherri Myers

Pensacola City Council, District 4

  • Larry B. Johnson


Century Town Council, Seat 3

  • Benjamin D. Boutwell

Comments

3 Responses to “Election Watch: Local Candidates Qualify”

  1. 429SCJ on June 17th, 2014 8:01 am

    It would be ironic if Valentino won by default and even stranger if by popular vote.

  2. William on June 17th, 2014 4:25 am

    >>When you have only one candidate listed as qualifying, is that the only person running for that office?

    Like the story says, “Monday marked the first day of qualifying week”, and “Friday is the last day to qualify for the offices listed.”

    Qualifying continues through Friday. Most likely, other people will qualify to run for the offices listed and there will be more than one candidate in most races. If not, the one person wins by default.

  3. Jane on June 17th, 2014 4:09 am

    When you have only one candidate listed as qualifying, is that the only person running for that office? Seems unusual.

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