Candidates running in city and county races will be featured in a forum at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
Divine 9 and community partners will present the forum. The moderator will be Judge Waymond Brown of the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
Candidates and positions include:
Mayor — Shirley Washington, Steven Mays and Ivan Whitfield;
City Clerk — Janice Roberts and Sharon Hardin Rasberry;
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City Treasurer — Greg Gustek and Cynthia Sims Mooney;
City Council — 1st Ward – Lloyd Holcomb Jr., Garland Trice and Sam Whitfield; 2nd Ward – George Stepps, Steven Shaner, Albert King Jr. and Lloyd Franklin Jr.; 3rd Ward – Glenn Brown Sr. and Donald Hatchett;
Justice of the Peace — District 4 – Patricia Royal Johnson and Delton Wright; District 13 – Brenda Bishop Gaddy, Edward Spears Sr. and Jeff Edwards.
The community is invited to attend and hear the views of political candidates. The non-partisan judicial general election and the political party primary election is March 3.