Final flurry of filings brings total number of city council candidates to nine
Tue, 2016-08-23 08:53
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By LYNETTE SOWELL
Cove Leader-Press
Filing for the Copperas Cove city council election ended Monday at 5 p.m. and all three positions up for election now have opposing candidates.
In the race for city council place 3, incumbent Dan Yancey will face off against Victor Dery and Chuck Taylor.
Former councilman Gary Kent was the sole candidate for place 4 until Monday morning and the day ended with a total of three more candidates filing to run as well, including Clarence Enochs, Jay Manning, and Terry McDonald.
For city council place 5, Edward “Marc” Payne filed on Monday to run against incumbent Kirby Lack.
On Thursday, a drawing will take place a 9 a.m. for the order of the Nov. 8 ballot.