Here are the Phenix City and Smiths Station candidates on the 2020 election ballots
The qualifying period to be on the Aug. 25 ballots for 2020 Alabama municipal elections has ended. Here are the Phenix City and Smiths Station candidates campaigning for mayor, council and school board:
Phenix City
In addition to elections for mayor and city council, the school board is becoming an elected governing body. Phenix City voters approved a referendum in 2018 to take that authority away from the city council, which has been appointing the school board members.
The appointed school board members are all at-large positions, meaning they represent the entire city, not one of the three voting districts. The elected school board still will have seven members, but only one of them will be an at-large seat. The other six will represent one of the three voting districts, two per district.
The Rev. Brady Baird is the only school board member running to remain on the board.
Mayor
Eddie N. Lowe, incumbent
City Council At-Large
R. Griff Gordy, incumbent
City Council District 1
Donald Steve Bailey, incumbent
City Council District 2
Vickey Carter Johnson, incumbent
Jasmine Lawrence
Floyd Teasley
City Council District 3
Arthur Lee Day Jr., incumbent
Board of Education At-Large
Florence W. Bellamy
Kendyl Sumbry Tarver
Board of Education District 1, Place 1
J. Brady Baird
Marilyn Brannen
Board of Education District 1, Place 2
Jonathan Taylor
Board of Education District 2, Place 1
Bennie Steve Franklin
James Elliott Patrick
Board of Education District 2 Place 2
KeAnthony Brooks
Board of Education District 3, Place 1
Katrina Collier-Long
Likitca Thomas-Ligon
Board of Education District 3, Place 2
Yolaunda M. Daniel
Smiths Station
Mayor
F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, incumbent
City Council Place 1
George Stringer, incumbent
City Council Place 2
Morris Jackson, incumbent
City Council Place 3
Kamarcus Adkins
Steve Lansdon
William Spear
(Note: incumbent James Moody isn’t running for re-election.)
City Council Place 4
Richard Cooley, incumbent
City Council Place 5
Victoria Green
Diane Holman-Stein
(Note: incumbent Dick Key isn’t running for re-election.)
Smiths Station doesn’t have its own school board. The city’s schools are governed by the Lee County Board of Education. Its next election will be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
To vote in the Aug. 25 election, residents must be a registered voter by Aug. 10. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Aug. 20. Both can be done on the Alabama Secretary of State’s website.
This story was originally published July 23, 2020 at 7:00 AM.
