Three local governments are set to hold elections this spring after the candidates’ filing period closed last Friday, February 13.
The City of Clarendon, the Hedley school district, and the Clarendon College District all drew enough candidates to hold contested elections.
The City of Howardwick, the Donley County Hospital District, and the Clarendon school district only had incumbents file for re-election and are poised to cancel their spring elections. Information on candidates was not available from the City of Hedley at press time.
Clarendon will have five candidates on the ballot and one write-in candidate for three positions on the city council. Alderman Tom Thompson is running for re-election. He will be joined on the ballot by Ralph Graves, Pharabie Shadle, Brent Knowles, and Ken McIntosh.
Alderman Chris Topliff was automatically removed from office last Wednesday, February 11, when he started to file for re-election and was discovered he was not a registered voter in the city at the time of his appointment. Topliff has gotten registered now and will be a write-in candidate.
Clarendon College has three candidates for three regents positions. Incumbents Chris Matthews and Dr. Guy Ellis will be joined on the ballot by challenger George W. Hall. Carey Wann will run as a write-in candidate.
Hedley CISD has four candidates for three full terms on the board of trustees. Incumbents Shauna Herbert, Tangela Copelin, and Troy Monroe will be joined on the ballot by April Pierce. Shawn Willoughby is also running to continue to serve in an unexpired term.
Write-in candidates still had until 5 p.m. February 17 to sign-up for the election as the Enterprise went to press.
Elections are scheduled to be held Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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