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Local elections next week

COUNTY — Voters around Pickens County will return to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 3, as municipal elections will be held in cities and towns around Pickens County.

No county, state or national races will be held.

Several mayoral seats will be up for grabs, but none are opposed and all incumbents are running to retain their seats.

In the city of Pickens, three seats will be up for grabs. Fletcher Perry and Patti Welborn are running to retain their seats on council, while newcomer and retired longtime city employee Lois Porter will be on the ballot for one of the three openings. Write-in candidate Edgar Joel Leese has also campaigned for a seat. Incumbent David Owens is running unopposed for mayor.

In the town of Central, three seats are up for election, but incumbents Lynne Chapman, Harry Holladay and Joe Moss are running unopposed.

In the city of Easley, only the Easley Ward 5 seat will be contested, as James Eller, Bob Fedder and Thomas H. Wright Sr. will vie for the seat currently held by Wright. Ward 1’s Brian Garrison, Ward 3’s Chris Mann and Easley mayor Larry Bagwell are all running unopposed.

Liberty City Council will have three seats up for election, with only Brian Petersen being challenged by write-in candidate Mac Gravely in Ward 4. At-large councilman Lavant Padgett and Ward 3 councilman Josh Harrison are running with no opposition.

In Six Mile, two council seats are up for election, with only incumbents Jeff Dennis and David Yongue seeking re-election. Six Mile mayor Roy Stoddard is running with no challenger.

The town of Norris will have two seats open, with Roy Bryant and Kendall Shirley on the ballot. Also campaigning for the seat is write-in candidate Brian Keith Cook. Norris mayor Odell Williams is running unopposed.

City elections will take place Nov. 3 with polls opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m.