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  • Gordge, Griffin announce candidacies

    Filing for Special Election Opens Dec. 6

    BLYTHEWOOD – Filing doesn’t open until noon tomorrow, Dec. 6, for a special election to fill an unexpired town council seat left vacant after Councilman Bryan Franklin was elected mayor, but two have already announced their candidacies publicly.

    Ashley Oaks resident and former councilman Malcolm Gordge and Planning Commissioner Sloan Jarvis Griffin, III, a resident of Cobblestone Park, have both publicly announced their candidacies for the seat.

    Gordge, who served four years on council, was defeated last month in his bid for mayor. Griffin, who ran for council last month, was also defeated in his bid.

    Candidates wishing to run for the two-year unexpired seat have through noon on Dec. 16 to file at Town Hall. Candidates must be qualified, registered voters within the town limits of Blythewood. The filing fee is $5.

    The election is set for Feb. 11, 2020.

    Any person wishing to vote in this election must register no later than Jan. 11, 2020.

    Voting for all precincts will be held at Blythewood Park, 126 Boney Road, between the hours of

    7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Feb. 11, 2020.

    The Town Hall is located at 171 Langford Road, Blythewood. For questions concerning filing, contact Town Clerk Melissa Cowan at 803-754-0501.

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  • Three file for District 7 school board seat

    WINNSBORO – Three candidates have filed for the special school board election to fill the District 7 seat previously held by Beth Reid, who died last month following a long battle with cancer.

    The candidates are Lisa Brandenburg, Darreyl Davis and Herb Rentz.

    Brandenburg, who is employed as Coordinator of Intervention in special services for the Fairfield County School District, has been employed by the district for more than 30 years, serving as a teacher, assistant principal and principal.

    “I feel I’m the candidate most qualified to fill the vacancy,” Brandenburg said.

    Darreyl Davis, who works in environmental health and safety at Isola, is president of Believers and Achievers, is a past chair of the Fairfield Elementary School Improvement Council and is the current president of the Fairfield Elementary PTO. The father of six children, two of whom are enrolled in Fairfield County School District schools, Davis said he has a passion to help kids as well as the community.

    Herb Rentz, manager of Mid-County Water Company, said he is hoping to continue the work of Reid, his late wife.

    “I feel a calling to take on her work,” Rentz said.

    The election will be held Jan. 23, 2018.

    The Voice will have more information about the candidates in a later issue.