LAWTON — Most election board staff members and precinct workers in southwest Oklahoma will get a break this spring. That is what results from local school board and municipal filings last week showed. In most counties, there were no contested seats, while only two incumbents — one in Marlow and one in Walters — were challenged.
Snyder School District in Kiowa County, Walters municipal government in Cotton County, and Marlow city and school in Stephens County have primary elections. Candidates running for Seat 6 in Snyder are James Schneiver and Wyatt Hill, while Walters municipal At-Large candidates are Wes Eidson and incumbent Roberta Ellis.
In Marlow there will be a school board election April 7 between Terry Turner, incumbent, and Shawn Bateman, and a municipal election for Ward Two on Feb. 11 between Neal L. Moore and Brad Throckmorton for an open seat.
In Altus, Jackson County Election Board officials reported there is one race in one precinct: for Greer County’s Mangum School District. However, that precinct has no registered voters in the Mangum School District.
No one filed for a Big Pasture school board position nor a Marlow municipal seat. A state election board spokesperson said the governing bodies of each entity have the authority to appoint someone to fill those seats.
Here is a list of filings for school boards unless otherwise noted, by county, by district, office, individual and hometown.
COMANCHE
Elgin, Office 5, Shane Burk, Elgin.
Lawton, Office 5, Zeldon Rice, Lawton. Rice, who retired from Lawton Public Schools in January 2018, succeeds Lawton businessman Kent Jester, who held the seat since 2010 and chose to not seek re-election again.
Bishop, Office 2, Thresa Seabolt, Lawton.
Flower Mound, Office 2, Kathy Plunk, Lawton.
Geronimo, Office 6, Chance Wickham, Geronimo.
Sterling, Office 5, Shawn Nunley, Fletcher.
Indiahoma, Office 5, Wayne Bales, Indiahoma.
Cache, Office 5, Stacy Harbin, Lawton; Office 4, Casey Honeycutt, Cache.
Chattanooga, Office 5, Levi Krasser, Chattanooga.
Fletcher, Office 5, Ryan Simmons, Fletcher.
COTTON
Big Pasture, Office 5, no filings; Office 3, Reina Tinsley, Randlett.
Temple, Office 5, Tonya R. Daniel, Randlett.
Walters, Office 5, Jeff Baumann, Walters.
Walters, municipal: At-Large, Wes Eidson and incumbent Roberta Ellis.
JACKSON
Altus, Office 3, (unexpired) Jessie Gonzales, Altus; Office 5, Lee Vier, Altus.
Blair, Office 5, Tara Davis Turner, Blair.
Duke, Office 2, Rana Wycoff Womack, Duke; Office 5, Michael Milner, Duke.
Navajo, Office 5, Daniel Ingram, Altus.
Olustee-Eldorado, Office 5, Tina Marie Ishcomer, Eldorado.
Southwest Technology Center, Zone 1, Mark Nichols, Altus.
KIOWA
Hobart, Office 5, Jeff Phillips, Hobart.
Lone Wolf, Office 5, Sherry Musser, Lone Wolf.
Mountain View-Gotebo, Office 5, Mindy Dooley, Mountain View.
Snyder, Office 1, Pearl McPhail, Snyder, Office 6, James Schneiver and Wyatt Hill.
Snyder, municipal: Ward 1, Eddie Fletcher; Ward 4, David Rhodes.
STEPHENS
Duncan, Office 5, Greg Neal, Duncan.
Marlow, Office 5, Terry Turner and Shawn Bateman, both of Marlow. (Election April 7, 2020).
Comanche, Office 5, Charlie Z. Gay, Duncan.
Empire, Office 5, Paul Mendenall, Duncan.
Velma-Alma, Office 5, James Layn, Duncan.
Central High, Office 5, Cassie McKin- ney, Duncan.
Bray-Doyle, Office 5, Karl Shackel- ford, Marlow.
Grandview, Office 2, Kevin Linde- smith, Waurika.
Red River Area Tech Center, Zone 5, Dee Williams, Marlow.
Marlow, municipal: Ward 2, Neal L. Moore and Brad Throckmorton. (Election Feb. 11, 2020).
Ward 4 – a two-year, unexpired term no filings.
TILLMAN
Davidson, Office 2, Gabriella Minor, Davidson.
Frederick, Office 5, James Heap, Frederick.
Grandfield, Office 5, Brady Harrison, Grandfield.
Tipton, Office 5, Jerry Stoll, Manitou.
Great Plains Technology Center, Zone 1, incumbent Homer Ryan, Fred- Erick. He is a farmer/rancher and businessman who has served on the board since 2005.