Every Valdosta City Council seat up for election is contested,
a couple of Valdosta School Board seats, one Hahira City Council seat,
and five people are running for four Lake Park City Council seats.
Although this is a nonpartisan election, all candidates are invited to speak tonight at the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP) monthly meeting, 6PM Monday 14 September 2015, at Mama June’s Home Cookin’, 3286 Inner Perimeter Rd., Valdosta, GA. Around 20 of them will speak, so here’s your first opportunity to hear directly from most of the candidates.
Here’s the list of candidates who qualified for this election, according to the Lowndes County Board of Elections, formatted the way they sent it.
Lowndes County Board of Elections
2808 N. Oak St. P.O. Box 10130 Valdosta, Georgia 31604
Telephone: (229) 671-2850, Fax: (229) 333-5199
Email: elections@lowndescounty.com
QUALIFYING
November 3, 2015 — Municipal Election
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
* Individuals qualifying on Friday September 4th are listed in blue *
City of Valdosta
Mayor
John Gayle (I) — 301 Georgia Ave., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-560-0298 – jgayle@valdostacity.com
Brooks Bivins — 621 River St., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-244-1734 – brooksbivins3@yahoo.com
J. D. Rice — 501 Knob Hill, Valdosta, GA 31602
229-506-0842 – Jd1957rice@yahoo.com
City Council District 1
Vivian Miller-Cody — 505 Woodlawn Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-630-0098 – vcody597@gmail.com
Wade S. McCrae — 5688 Fontana Rd., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-460-0697 — mr_rhema@yahoo.com
James R. Wright (I) — 747 E. Brookwood Pl., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-241-7925 — jwright@valdostacity.com
City Council District 3
Sonny Vickers (I) — 203 Cherry St., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-242-1520 — jvickers@valdostacity.com
Marion Ramsey — 605 Monroe St., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-300-3638 — riccoramsey@yahoo.com
City Council District 5
Tim Carroll (I) — 2862 Willow Wood Cir., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-671-1392 — tcarroll@valdostacity.com
*Dallas Bennett — 3715 N. Valdosta Rd. Apt. 30, Valdosta, GA 31602
229-834-8244 — dallasbennett@gmail.com
City Council At-Large
Ben H. Norton (I) — 2505 Orlando Dr., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-247-1109 – bnorton@valdostacity.com
Ronnie Pierce — 823 Vallotton Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-444-1757 – photopierce@hotmail.com
Gregory Williams — 806 W. Gordon St., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-506-9698 — gregwilliams19@hotmail.com
*Jim Parker — 1714 N. Lee St., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-292-1419 — jparker51@gmail.com
*Linda Jurczak — 1215 Wainwright Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
865-591-0673 — lpjurczak@gmail.com
Valdosta School Board
District 7 — Superward East
Debra Bell (I) — 1303 Baymeadows Dr., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-247-1521 – debrenbell@yahoo.com
District 8 — Superward West
Withdrew – Edward Mack — 902 Greenwood Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-300-9757 – newdestinytod@gmail.com
Kelly C. Wilson (I) — 2210 Bridlewood Dr., Valdosta, GA 31605
229-292-0766 — kcwilson1200@gmail.com
District At-Large
Requalified – Edward Mack – 902 Greenwood Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-300-9757 – newdestinytod@gmail.com
Stacy Bush — 969 S. Lakeshore Dr., Valdosta, GA 31605
229-247-1474 — stacy@bushwealth.com
District 6 – Special Election to fill the unexpired term of Bill Love (resigned)
*R.D. Martin — 2211 Azalea Dr., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-247-0288 — martin2211@bellsouth.net
*Withdrew – William (Bill) Love — 2207 Azalea Dr., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-563-6594 — blove@mchsi.com
*Tad Moseley — 1201 Hickory Dr., Valdosta, GA 31602
229-630-7162 — tad@caringtogether.com
City of Dasher
City Council Post 3
Bill Hatfield (I) — 3485 Old US 41 S., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-559-1800 — bhatfield4dasher@gmail.com
City Council Post 4
Anita Armstrong Scott (I) — 3515 Old Us 41 S., Valdosta, GA 31601
229-269-5247 — citydasher@bellsouth.net
City of Hahira
City Council District 2
Kenneth Davis (I) — 500 Stagecoach Trl., Hahira, GA 31632
229-563-0204 – kdavisvaldosta99@gmail.com
City Council District 3
Patrick Warren — 602 E. Main St. Ext., Hahira, GA 31632
229-560-5527 — pwarren@pacga.org
*Ralph Clendenin (I) — 202 S. Hagan Bridge Rd., Hahira, GA 31632
229-794-3513 — svsamsam@windstream.net
*Stacey Dershimer — 835 Madelyn St., Hahira, GA 31632
229-375-9123 — dershimer4@gmail.com
City of Lake Park
Mayor
Eric Ian Schindler (I) — 328 Back Forty Dr., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-8044 — eschind524@aol.com
City Council At Large (Vote for 4)
Ronald Carter (I) — 200 N. East St., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-7437 – cox_de@bellsouth.net
Bert Rutland (I) — 400 W. Marion Ave., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-269-2591
Jena Sandlin — 901 W. Cotton Ave., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-7625 — sandlinpas@bellsouth.net
Paul Mulkey (I) — 205 S. Essa St., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-563-7753 — pbmulkey@bellsouth.net
*Debbie Sauls — 1100 W. Marion Ave., Lake Park, GA 31636
229-559-3142 — debbie.sauls@att.net
City of Remerton
Mayor
Cornelius Holsendolph (I) — 1528 Myrtle St., Remerton, GA 31601
229-247-2320 — cholsendolph@gmail.com
City Council At Large (Vote for 2)
Bill Wetherington (I) — 1755 Poplar St. Apt. B — Valdosta, GA 31601
229-415-3194 — wetheringtonb@gmail.com
Steve Koffler (I) — 1608 Victory Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601
501-297-4371 — stevekoffler40@gmail.com
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