CHRISTIANSBURG â Councilman Steve Huppert wonât seek re-election this year.
âThis fall, Iâm going to be 77 years old, and sometimes itâs time for people to move on,â Huppert said in a recent interview. âYouâre always talking about getting new blood into the stream. Thatâs how I feel. Time for me to move on.â
Huppert was first elected to Christiansburg Town Council in 2004, but lost his re-election bid four years later by 41 votes. He won his return to council in 2010 by a margin of just 10 votes and has been on the elected body since. He received the most votes of any candidate during the 2017 election. The townâs municipal election was moved from May to November during Huppertâs tenure.
CONWAY — Incumbent selectmen John Colbath and Steve Porter both say they will seek a third three-year term on the board of selectmen and in separate interviews touted their achievements
Residents in cities and school districts throughout the Red River Valley will be going to the polls May 1 to determine who will serve on city councils and as school trustees for the coming year. In some instances, voters will decide the fate of bond elections and other matters pertinent to municipalities and school districts.
North Lamar ISD residents are to vote on a $51.55 million bond referendum with five separate propositions, and Prairiland ISD constituents will decide the fate of a $7.5 million bond in one proposition.
Election officials in both municipalities and school districts have approved candidate applications and are now in the process of drawing for positions on the May 1 ballot.