Leesburg, Smithville will each have one competitive race on Nov. 7 ballot
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By Alan Mauldin
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LEESBURG — The cities of Leesburg and Smithville will each have one competitive race in municipal elections in the fall, with one Leesburg City Council member and Smithville Mayor Vincent Cutts each drawing a challenger.
In Leesburg, Michael Brian Revell qualified recently to run for the District 5 seat currently held by Rufus Sherman Jr.
Terms in Districts 4, 5 and 6 are up at the end of the year.
No elections will be necessary for District 4, held by incumbent David Daughtry, and District 6, held by Amanda White.
In Smithville, Jessie Angry qualified during the August qualifying period to challenge Cutts.
Smithville City Council incumbents James K. Champion in District 1 and Shainica French in District 2 did not draw opposition.
There are about 2,276 registered active voters in Leesburg and about 424 in Smithville, according to Lee County Election Supervisor Veronica Johnson.
Albany will have three competitive races on the Nov. 7 ballot, with four candidates vying to become mayor in January 2024, two candidates competing in Ward 1 and three in Ward IV.
In the mayor’s race, three candidates qualified to challenge incumbent Bo Dorough. Also qualifying for mayor were former commission member Henry Mathis, businessman Omar Salaam, who ran in 2019, and Antonio Screen Jr.
In Ward I, Commissioner Jon Howard drew a rare opponent challenging his lengthy tenure on the commission. Lawrence A. McCray has qualified as a candidate for Ward I.
In Ward IV, incumbent Commissioner Chad Warbington is being challenged by Larry Harris and Marion Gaines-Jones.
Ward VI City Commissioner Demetrius Young faces no opposition and no election will be necessary in the fall for that seat.
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