Candidates for Dayton City Council attended a forum hosted by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce this past Monday night. The Vindicator | Russell Payne
Candidates for the Dayton City Council came out Monday night for a forum hosted by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. The chamber gave citizens from Dayton an opportunity to submit questions ahead of the event and Dayton Chamber Executive Director Jessica Sims served as the emcee for the night.
Five of the six candidates vying for two offices on the council were in attendance with, the two candidates for Position 4; Andy Conner and D.G. “Bubba” Graves, both attending, as well Position 5 candidates; Alvin Burres, Jose Hernandez and Valerie Barton attended, Janette Goulder-Frick was unable to make it to the forum.
Amid all of the hustle and bustle of the recent winter storm, a slew of candidates filed the necessary paperwork for a place on the ballot in the May 1 General Elections for local municipalities and school districts.
The Cities Dayton, Ames, Hardin and Plum Grove will all have contested races, while the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, Devers, Kenefick and Daisetta will have no elections this May. There are questions regarding the election status of Dayton Lakes and North Cleveland at this time, at least from an official perspective at the Liberty County Office of Elections.
As for the local area schools, there will be elections held in Liberty ISD and Hardin ISD, while there will not be any elections in Dayton ISD, Cleveland ISD, Hull-Daisetta ISD or Devers ISD. Voters in Tarkington ISD and West Hardin CISD both hold elections every other November in even-numbered years.