Charles Holmes of Wiregrass Election Support Service and Dothan City Clerk Wendy Shiver test a voting machine at the Houston County Farm Center on Friday, July 23.
Tuesday is the day for Dothan voters to choose the leadership of the city moving forward for many key public offices: mayor, city commission, and school board.
On the ballot, local pastor Sidney Miller Jr. is vying for the mayor’s seat currently occupied by Mark Saliba, who is running for re-election.
The following is a list of candidates who will appears on the ballot for city commission seats:
District 1: Kevin Dorsey (incumbent), Michael “Mike” Johnson, and Khashia Mathis
District 2: Harvey L. Farrey III, Aristotle “Kat” Kirkland, Phillipe “Phil” Kirksey, and Anterica Thomas Mayfield
District 3: Bradley Bedwell and Albert Kirkland (incumbent)
District 4: John Ferguson (incumbent) and Angela L. Godfrey
District 5: Gantt Pierce and Anita Dawkins Weatherington
District 6 candidate David Crutchfield was unopposed in the election and will automatically begin another term in October.
Retired educator Scott Childers is running against Sam Tew, owner of a paint contractor company and a self-proclaimed inventor and who was defeated in the 2017 election for school board chairman by former mayor Mike Schmitz. Schmitz is not running for re-election.
