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.
Dothan voters will decide the outcome of city elections on Tuesday for the mayor, city commission, and school board seats.
On the ballot, local pastor Sidney Miller Jr. is vying for the mayor’s seat currently occupied by Mark Saliba, who is running for reelection.
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 local paint contractor Sam Tew, who was defeated in the 2017 election by former mayor Mike Schmitz. Schmitz is not running for re-election.
Other Dothan City School Board candidates to represent three districts who will be on Tuesday’s ballot are:
