Municipal, school board ballots finalized

Ballots for upcoming community elections are taking shape as registration windows across Parker County closed over the past week. While most communities and candidates have a great deal of work ahead of them between now and the May 6 election day, for a trio of area towns business will continue as usual.

For Willow Park, Annetta, and Annetta South, residing incumbents will retain their current seats without having to do the hard work of campaigning this cycle, as they all run unopposed.

In Willow Park, Mayor Doyle Moss will serve another term as the community continues to move forward with its economic development initiatives. Place 1 seat holder Eric Contreras and Place 3 seat holder Chawn Gilliland will serve another term on the Willow Park City Council as well.

Annetta Mayor Sandy Roberts, along with Places 3 and 5 representatives Bruce Pinckard and Kent Stasey, were all unopposed once registration for the upcoming election closed.

Mayor Charles Marsh will serve another term in Annetta South. Chad Liberty and Bill Gordon will remain on the city council in Places 3 and 5, respectively.

Also running unopposed are candidates for the board of trustees in Aledo ISD. Hoyt Harris will retain his seat in Place 7. Meanwhile, Zach Tarrant will assume Place 6 as he is the only candidate registered to run for the spot being vacated by Julie Turner.

Voters in Aledo will have a say in filling one of the two seats on the city council this cycle as Places 1 and 3 are both on the ballot. Shane Davis, who is unopposed, will retain his seat as Place 1 representative. Shawna Ford, however, is being challenged at the ballot box by Duane Beck for the opportunity to represent Place 3 going forward.

In Hudson Oaks, Places 2 and 4 representatives Brian Lixey and Sean Cannon will retain their respective seats as they are both unopposed heading into the election. Incumbent for Place 5, Daniel Cross, will face a challenge by Chris Ramsey on the ballot.

Weatherford has two seats on the ballot this election cycle. Place 1 incumbent, Heidi Wilder is running unopposed. Place 2, however, will have a new face on the city council with the resignation of Jeff Robinson. Eyeing an opportunity to take over Robinson’s seat is a triple threat of candidates with Robert Gallegos, Zack Smith, and Kale Rokus all set to appear on the ballot.

Annetta North could not be reached by The Community News prior to deadline for this week’s edition.