Voters to choose mayors, aldermen
Municipal posts are on the ballot March 24 in three East Feliciana Parish municipalities.
Early voting will be March 10-17 at the Registrar of Voters Office, 11048 Bank St., Clinton.
Voters will elect mayors in Slaughter and Norwood, while Jackson Mayor Charles Coleman, a former police juror, won his fifth term in office when he qualified without opposition in December.
In Slaughter, incumbent Mayor Bobbie Bourgeois is opposed for a fourth term by Robert “Robbie” Jackson, who has served three terms on the town’s Board of Aldermen.
In Norwood, incumbent Mayor Becky Bellue, a former alderwoman serving her first term as mayor, is opposed by Alderman Jimmy McCaa.
One other East Feliciana Parish official won re-election without opposition. Walter Smith will begin his third term as Slaughter’s police chief on July 1.
In Jackson, one-term incumbent Town Marshal Fred Allen faces three opponents, including Ray “Bubba” Allen, Dexter Stevens and George E. Travis. The Allens are not related, the incumbent said.
Eight candidates are running for the five seats on the Slaughter Board of Aldermen, including incumbents Tommy “T.J.” Boothe, Ashby Schwartz and Nick St. Germain. The challengers are Elizabeth Aaron, Aimee Bellue, LaTrelle Cart, Alan Ryan and Les Sibley Jr.
Along with Robert Jackson, Slaughter Alderman Bill McMills did not seek re-election.
Five candidates are running for the three seats on the Norwood Board of Aldermen, but longtime official Jim Reynolds is the only incumbent in the race.
Also vying for a seat are Willie R. Duncan, Anthony Jelks, former Mayor Ronnie Jett and Kimmi Adams Sellers.
Eight candidates are running for the five seats on the Jackson Board of Trustees, the town’s governing body.
They are James L. Guillory and incumbents Michael O. Harrell, Don Havard and Linton Manuel, Martin Macdiarmid, John Henry McCrory, Jim Mack Parker and Rafe Stewart.
The March 24 primary election also includes races for seven of the nine seats on the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury, along with balloting for presidential preferences.
Runoff elections, if needed, will be April 21.