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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JULY 26 - AUGUST 1, 2023 UCW 11 HANNAH LEE, Assistant Editor. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910-484-6200. ELECTION 2023 Up & Coming Weekly is accepting platform submissions from candidates for municipal office in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Email editor@upandcomingweekly.com or call 910-484-6200 for information Candidates file for local elections by HANNAH LEE Municipal elections determine the makeup of local governments. ese elected officials make decisions about development, policing, budgets, local taxation, and other issues that affect voters' daily lives such as trash service. FAYETTEVILLE Fayetteville's mayoral incumbent Mitch Colvin is being challenged by Freddie de la Cruz, Charles Evans and Quancidine Hinson- Gribble. Colvin has been Fayetteville's mayor since November 2017. De la Cruz challenged Colvin in 2022 but was defeated. Evans ran for the 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 but was defeated. He is a former member of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners and served on the Fayetteville City Council representing District 2. Hinson-Gribble lost a bid for mayor in 2017. e District 1 seat incumbent Kathy Keefe Jensen, will be challenged by Jose Alejandro Rodriguez. e District 2 seat, which consists of Down- town Fayetteville, is being challenged. Incum- bent Shakeyla Ingram is being challenged by six other people. Gail Morfesis, Larry Mar- shall, Laura Rodrigues Mussler, Janene (Dub- lin) Ackles, Malik Eilliam Davis and Anastasia J. Vann have filed. e District 3 seat incumbent Mario (Be) Benavente, will be challenged by Michele A. Dillon. District 4 Incumbent D.J. Haire is being challenged by Stuart A. Collick. District 5 Incumbent Johnny Dawkins is being challenged by three other candidates: Fred G. LaChance III, Justin Herbe and Lynne Bissette Greene. District 9 Incumbent Deno Hondros is be- ing challenged by Fredlisha R. Lansana. District 6's Derrick ompson, District 7's Brenda McNair, and District 8's Courtney Banks-McLaughlin are not being challenged. HOPE MILLS Mayor Jackie Warner is being challenged by former town commissioner Jessie Bellflowers. e Board of Commissioners will be a packed race. In the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners race, incum- bents Bryan A. Marley, Ken- juana McCray, Jerry Legge, Grilley Mitchell and Joanne Scarola have filed. Ronald Starling, Patrick Mitchell, Ron- nie Strong, Pat Edwards, Mark Hess, Deanna L. Rosario, H. Elyse Craver and Karen Smith Saracen have also filed. SPRING LAKE e mayoral seat, currently held by Kia Anthony, is being challenged by Fredricka Sutherland. Sutherland is a previous board member for the town of Spring Lake. For the Board of Alderman, incumbents Robyn Chadwick, Sona L. Cooper, Adrian Jones ompson, Marvin Lackman and Raul Palacios will be facing challengers Daniel B. Gerald, Jackie Lee Jackson, James P. O'Garra and Katrina Bratcher. EASTOVER Mayor Charles McLaurin will not be facing any challengers in this election. For Town Council, incumbent Stan Crum- pler, incumbent Cheryl Hudson and Fredrick A. Williams have all filed. FALCON Wayne G. Lucas will be the only one running for Mayor. For Town Commissioner, incumbents John C. Wheeler and R. Dwayne Dunning Sr. and challengers Chris Stone, Sue Brigman, Larry C. Lovick and James Danny Nelson filed for seats on the town board. GODWIN Willie Burnette will be running for an un- contested reelection for Mayor. Board of Commissioners incumbents George Cooper Jr., Ronald McNeill and Scarlet M. Hall will be facing challengers Angela Bur- nette Lambert and Joseph Smith. LINDEN Frances B. Collier will be the only one run- ning for reelection of mayor. Incumbent board members Barbara C. Den- ning, Larry Overby, Betsy Small, Ronnie Ma- ness, and Jonathan Collier will be running. STEDMAN Incumbent Mark Lee will be facing chal- lengers Ralph A. Vogt and Joseph Manuel for town commissioner. WADE e Mayoral seat is up and will be fought between Johnny Lanthorn and George E. Strater. Jennifer Dixon Weaver and Kevin A. Herring are running for reelection of their commis- sioner seats. CUMBERLAND COUNTY e Cumberland-Eastover Sanitary District board also has a board member seat open. Dani Osborne, from Eastover, is the only one running for the seat. e city of Fayetteville primary is scheduled for Oct. 10. One Stop Voting starts Sept. 21. e deadline to request an absentee ballot is Sept. 11. e municipal election is Nov. 7. One-Stop Voting starts on Oct. 19. e deadline to re- quest an absentee ballot is Oct. 9. (Photo by Dawson Jarman)