Filing For City Offices Opens

The filing period for running for municipal office opens noon, Friday, July 27 and runs through noon, Friday, Aug. 17.

The following seats will be up for election in 2018 for Farmington, Prairie Grove and Lincoln:

Farmington

(all four-year terms) Mayor

(currently held by Ernie

Penn)

City Clerk

(currently held by Kelly Penn)

City Attorney (currently held by Steve Tennant

Council Member — Ward 1, Position 2

(currently held by Patsy

Pike)

Council Member — Ward 2, Position 2

(currently held by Linda

Bell)

Council member — Ward 3, Position 2

(currently held by Bobby Morgan)

Council member — Ward 4, Position 2

(currently held by Shelly Parsley)

Prairie Grove

(all four-year terms) Mayor

(currently held by Sonny Hudson)

Council member — Ward 1, Position 1

(currently held by Doug Bartholomew)

Council member —Ward 2, Position 1

(currently held by Robert Cunningham)

Council member —Ward 3, Position 1

(currently held by Doug Staumbaugh)

Council member —Ward 4, Position 1

(currently held by Marquita Smith)

Lincoln

(Mayor, four-year term; City Council, two year term) Mayor

(currently held by Rob

Hulse)

Council member — Ward 1, Position 1

(currently held by Doug

Moore)

Council member — Ward 1, Position 2

(currently held by Robin

Moore)

Council member — Ward 2, Position 1

(currently held by Troy

Myers)

Council member — Ward 2, Position 2

(currently held by Doug Hutchens)

Council member — Ward 3, Position 1

(currently held by Bobby McDonald)

Council member — Ward 3, Position 2

(currently held by Gary

Eoff)

Council member — Ward 4, Position 1

(currently held by Doyle

Dixon)

Council member — Ward 4, Position 2

(currently held by Johnny Stowers)

To run for a municipal office, one must be a qualified elector, a U.S. citizen and an Arkansas resident who is registered to vote. He or she must reside in the jurisdiction to be represented. He or she must have never been convicted of embezzlement of public money, bribery, forgery or another infamous crime.

To file, candidates must submit to the Washington County Clerk’s office a petition with no less than 30 signatures from qualified electors of the city in which the candidate files. Candidates must live within the boundaries of their ward.

City Council members in Farmington, Prairie Grove and Lincoln are elected at large, meaning the entire population of the city votes for each candidate, regardless of the ward in which the voter lives.